Software:Blackbox
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| Developer(s) | Bradley T. Hughes[1] up to version 0.70.1_SL7,[2] onwards forked by Brian Bidulock |
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| Written in | C++ |
| Platform | Unix-like |
| Type | X window manager |
| License | MIT[3] |
| Website | Bradley T. Hughes' repository Repository of Brian Bidulock's fork |
File:Blackbox 0.7.ogv Blackbox is a free and open-source stacking window manager for the X Window System.[4][5]
Blackbox has specific design goals, and some functionality is provided only through other applications. One example is the bbkeys hotkey application.
Blackbox is written in C++[3][6] and contains completely original code.[7] It was created by Bradley T. Hughes[1] and is available under the MIT License. Blackbox has compliance with the Extended Window Manager Hints specification.[8]
The original author seems to have ceased updating the repository with the exception of a minor fix of compilation problems in 2015,[9] leaving the last original version at 0.70.1. However an actively maintained fork by Brian Bidulock has been picked up by several Linux distributions in its place,[10][11][12] and it is featured in pkgsrc.[13] Despite that, some other Linux distributions still use the original source code,[14][15] as does FreeBSD.[16]
Features
Features of the Blackbox window manager include:
- A stacking window manager
- Written in C++
- Freely available under the MIT license
- Compliance with the Extended Window Manager Hints Specification
- Title bars have minimize, maximize, and close buttons
- Support for simple themes
- Support for color changes
- No support for desktop shortcuts
- Compatibility with both KDE and GNOME[17]
Related projects
There are a number of other window manager forks of Blackbox:[18]
Windows shell replacements
Although they do not share the same codebase, these projects are also inspired by Blackbox.[18][19]
- BB4Win[20] (the first and most prominent clone/port of Blackbox on Windows)
- bbLean
- xoblite (has releases from 2021)
- bbZero (a branch of bbLean)[21]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ManPages/blackbox - Blackbox". September 9, 2015. http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net/ManPages/blackbox.
- ↑ "Blackbox - Browse /Blackboxwm/Blackbox 0.70.1_SL7 at SourceForge.net". https://sourceforge.net/projects/blackboxwm/files/blackboxwm/Blackbox%200.70.1_SL7/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Blackbox - Window manager written in C++". FSF.org. http://directory.fsf.org/blackbox.html.
- ↑ Wrightson, Katherine; Merlino, Joseph (2006) (in en). Mastering UNIX. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 107–108. ISBN 9780782153033. https://books.google.com/books?id=OaNDxa_z9CMC. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- ↑ Davies, Justin; Whittaker, Roger; Hagen, William von (2005) (in en). SUSE Linux 9 Bible. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 186, 276–280. ISBN 9780764588761. https://books.google.com/books?id=7k6xIz7YlioC.
- ↑ "Hacking Guide - Blackbox". February 14, 2018. http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net:80/HackingGuide.
- ↑ "About Blackbox". Sourceforge.net. http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net/AboutBlackbox.
- ↑ "ICCCM & EWMH Compliance". https://github.com/bbidulock/blackboxwm/blob/master/COMPLIANCE.
- ↑ "Compile with clang and libc++ · bradleythughes/Blackbox@107b761". https://github.com/bradleythughes/blackbox/commit/107b7618f6151fb78c373ef480926d01b6317484.
- ↑ "The Slackware Linux Project: Packages". https://packages.slackware.com/?r=slackware-current&p=blackbox-0.74-i586-2.txz.
- ↑ "Archived copy". https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/blackbox/sources/spec/.
- ↑ "Arch Linux - blackbox 0.77-1 (x86_64)". https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/blackbox/.
- ↑ "pkgsrc.se | The NetBSD package collection". https://pkgsrc.se/wm/blackbox70.
- ↑ "Ubuntu – Error". https://packages.ubuntu.com/disco/blackbox.
- ↑ "Debian -- Details of package blackbox in sid". https://packages.debian.org/sid/blackbox.
- ↑ "[ports Index of /head/x11-wm/blackbox"]. https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/x11-wm/blackbox/.
- ↑ "Window Managers for X: Blackbox". http://www.xwinman.org/blackbox.php.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Related Projects - Blackbox". October 26, 2017. http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net:80/RelatedProjects.
- ↑ "BlackBox for Windows". Sourceforge.net. http://bb4win.sourceforge.net/.
- ↑ "Customizing Your PC's Desktop - ExtremeTech". https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/76706-customizing-your-pcs-desktop.
- ↑ "GitHub - xzero450/bbclean-xzero450". February 6, 2016. https://github.com/xzero450/bbclean-xzero450.
External links
- Blackbox at Free Software Directory
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