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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[I am using the Deluge bit torrent client to download and stream various free software ISOs. By default the program is displayed full screen.  This isn&#39;t really needed as the client is happy to sit in the background and get on with what it is doing.&#xA;&#xA;I have found a quick solution to this. &#xA;&#xA;Under Edit -  Preferences -  interfaces,  check the box that says:&#xA;Enable system tray icon.&#xA;&#xA;As per below:&#xA;&#xA;deluge sys tray&#xA;&#xA;If you need to change any settings click in the Deluge icon in the system tray.&#xA;&#xA;#bittorrent,#deluge,#minimize,#system,#tray,&#xA;&#xA;cc-by logo&#xA;&#xA;Licenced under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am using the Deluge bit torrent client to download and stream various free software ISOs. By default the program is displayed full screen.  This isn&#39;t really needed as the client is happy to sit in the background and get on with what it is doing.</p>

<p>I have found a quick solution to this.</p>

<p>Under Edit –&gt; Preferences –&gt; interfaces,  check the box that says:
Enable system tray icon.</p>

<p>As per below:</p>

<p><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zleap/blogmedia/master/freesoft/deluge-systray.png" alt="deluge sys tray"></p>

<p>If you need to change any settings click in the Deluge icon in the system tray.</p>

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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[FreeBSD 6&#xA;&#xA;Further to my previous post or probably more specifically the post before that I am sharing a little more about setting up twm. &#xA;&#xA;I have been trying to find a way to share my config files here.  The easiest way to this, so I thought, would be to copy the files to a removable media,  this failed.  So this morning I created a github repository and uploaded copies of the two files there. &#xA;&#xA;So firstly there is the xinitrc file as below&#xA;&#xA;!/bin/sh&#xA;&#xA;userresources=$HOME/.Xresources&#xA;usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap&#xA;sysresources=/usr/local/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources&#xA;sysmodmap=/usr/local/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap&#xA;&#xA;merge in defaults and keymaps&#xA;&#xA;if [ -f $sysresources ]; then&#xA;&#xA;    xrdb -merge $sysresources&#xA;&#xA;fi&#xA;&#xA;if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then&#xA;    xmodmap $sysmodmap&#xA;fi&#xA;&#xA;if [ -f &#34;$userresources&#34; ]; then&#xA;    xrdb -merge &#34;$userresources&#34;&#xA;&#xA;fi&#xA;&#xA;if [ -f &#34;$usermodmap&#34; ]; then&#xA;    xmodmap &#34;$usermodmap&#34;&#xA;fi&#xA;&#xA;start some nice programs&#xA;&#xA;if [ -d /usr/local/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then&#xA;&#x9;for f in /usr/local/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?.sh ; do&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;[ -x &#34;$f&#34; ] &amp;&amp; . &#34;$f&#34;&#xA;&#x9;done&#xA;&#x9;unset f&#xA;fi&#xA;twm &amp;&#xA;afterstep&#xA;xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &amp;&#xA;xterm -geometry 40x25+494-0 &amp;&#xA;exec xterm -geometry 40x25+0+0 -name login&#xA;&#xA;The end section of this tells the X11 system to load twm as the window manager,  the last line creates a special xterm window that, if exited will exit the X11 system too.&#xA;&#xA;Following on from this is the system.twmrc file which is sets up the twm system.&#xA;&#xA;Default twm configuration file; needs to be kept small to conserve string&#xA;space in systems whose compilers don&#39;t handle medium-sized strings.&#xA;&#xA;Sites should tailor this file, providing any extra title buttons, menus, etc.&#xA;that may be appropriate for their environment.  For example, if most of the&#xA;users were accustomed to uwm, the defaults could be set up not to decorate&#xA;any windows and to use meta-keys.&#xA;&#xA;NoGrabServer&#xA;RestartPreviousState&#xA;DecorateTransients&#xA;TitleFont &#34;-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal---120------&#34;&#xA;ResizeFont &#34;-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal---120------&#34;&#xA;MenuFont &#34;-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal---120------&#34;&#xA;IconFont &#34;-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal---100------&#34;&#xA;IconManagerFont &#34;-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal---100---*&#34;&#xA;ClientBorderWidth&#xA;&#xA;Color&#xA;{&#xA;    BorderColor &#34;slategrey&#34;&#xA;    DefaultBackground &#34;rgb:2/a/9&#34;&#xA;    DefaultForeground &#34;gray85&#34;&#xA;    TitleBackground &#34;rgb:2/a/9&#34;&#xA;    TitleForeground &#34;gray85&#34;&#xA;    MenuBackground &#34;rgb:2/a/9&#34;&#xA;    MenuForeground &#34;white&#34;&#xA;    MenuBorderColor &#34;black&#34;&#xA;    MenuTitleBackground &#34;gray70&#34;&#xA;    MenuTitleForeground &#34;rgb:2/a/9&#34;&#xA;    IconBackground &#34;rgb:2/a/9&#34;&#xA;    IconForeground &#34;gray85&#34;&#xA;    IconBorderColor &#34;gray85&#34;&#xA;    IconManagerBackground &#34;rgb:2/a/9&#34;&#xA;    IconManagerForeground &#34;gray85&#34;&#xA;}&#xA;&#xA;Define some useful functions for motion-based actions.&#xA;&#xA;MoveDelta 3&#xA;Function &#34;move-or-lower&#34; { f.move f.deltastop f.lower }&#xA;Function &#34;move-or-raise&#34; { f.move f.deltastop f.raise }&#xA;Function &#34;move-or-iconify&#34; { f.move f.deltastop f.iconify }&#xA;&#xA;#&#xA;Set some useful bindings.  Sort of uwm-ish, sort of simple-button-ish&#xA;&#xA;Button1 = : root : f.menu &#34;defops&#34;&#xA;&#xA;Button1 = m : window|icon : f.function &#34;move-or-lower&#34;&#xA;Button2 = m : window|icon : f.iconify&#xA;Button3 = m : window|icon : f.function &#34;move-or-raise&#34;&#xA;Button3 = m : window|icon : f.quit &#34;quit application&#34;&#xA;&#xA;Button1 = : title : f.function &#34;move-or-raise&#34;&#xA;Button2 = : title : f.raiselower&#xA;&#xA;Button1 = : icon : f.function &#34;move-or-iconify&#34;&#xA;Button2 = : icon : f.iconify&#xA;&#xA;Button1 = : iconmgr : f.iconify&#xA;Button2 = : iconmgr : f.iconify&#xA;&#xA;And a menus with the usual things&#xA;&#xA;menu &#34;defops&#34;&#xA;{&#xA;&#34;Twm&#34;&#x9;f.title&#xA;&#34;Iconify&#34;&#x9;f.iconify&#xA;&#34;Resize&#34;&#x9;f.resize&#xA;&#34;Move&#34;&#x9;&#x9;f.move&#xA;&#34;Raise&#34;&#x9;&#x9;f.raise&#xA;&#34;Lower&#34;&#x9;&#x9;f.lower&#xA;&#34;&#34;&#x9;&#x9;f.nop&#xA;&#34;Focus&#34;&#x9;&#x9;f.focus&#xA;&#34;Unfocus&#34;&#x9;f.unfocus&#xA;&#34;Show Iconmgr&#34;&#x9;f.showiconmgr&#xA;&#34;Hide Iconmgr&#34;&#x9;f.hideiconmgr&#xA;&#34;&#34;&#x9;&#x9;f.nop&#xA;&#34;Nethack&#34;&#x9;f.exec &#34;exec vulture-nethack &amp;&#34;&#xA;&#34;Doom&#34;&#x9;&#x9;f.exec &#34;exec prboom &amp;&#34;&#x9;&#xA;&#34;Xterm&#34;&#x9;f.exec &#34;exec xterm &amp;&#34;&#xA;&#34;LXTerminal&#34;&#x9;f.exec &#34;exec lxterminal &amp;&#34;&#xA;&#34;Thunar&#34;&#x9;f.exec &#34;exec thunar &amp;&#34;&#xA;&#xA;&#34;XCalc&#34;&#x9;&#x9;f.exec &#34;exec xcalc &amp;&#34;&#xA;&#34;&#34;&#x9;&#x9;f.nop&#xA;&#34;Kill&#34;&#x9;&#x9;f.destroy&#xA;&#34;Delete&#34;&#x9;f.delete&#xA;&#34;&#34;&#x9;&#x9;f.nop&#xA;&#34;Restart&#34;&#x9;f.restart&#xA;&#34;Exit&#34;&#x9;&#x9;f.quit&#xA;}&#xA;&#xA;IconManagers{&#xA;&#34;Frame&#34;&#x9;&#34;=100x50+100+100&#34;&#x9;1&#xA;&#34;XTerm&#34;&#x9;&#34;=300x50+120+100&#34;&#x9;2&#xA;&#xA;It is fairly basic at the moment, but feel free to git clone from here. &#xA;&#xA;I am sharing as they are more of a guide rather than something that should be just used. &#xA;&#xA;#bsd, #config, #desktop, #settings, #configuration, #tool, #freebsd, #twm, #window, #icoms, #xinitrc, #system.twmrc&#xA;&#xA;You can find me on Friendica at zleap@social.isurf.ca&#xA;&#xA;---&#xA;&#xA;cc-by logo&#xA;&#xA;Licenced under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FreeBSD 6</p>

<p>Further to my <a href="https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/freebsd-5" rel="nofollow">previous post</a> or probably more specifically the post <a href="https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/freebsd-4" rel="nofollow">before that</a> I am sharing a little more about setting up twm.</p>

<p>I have been trying to find a way to share my config files here.  The easiest way to this, so I thought, would be to copy the files to a removable media,  this failed.  So this morning I created a github repository and uploaded copies of the two files there.</p>

<p>So firstly there is the <strong>xinitrc</strong> file as below</p>

<pre><code>#!/bin/sh

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/usr/local/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/usr/local/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap

# merge in defaults and keymaps

if [ -f $sysresources ]; then

    xrdb -merge $sysresources

fi

if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi

if [ -f &#34;$userresources&#34; ]; then
    xrdb -merge &#34;$userresources&#34;

fi

if [ -f &#34;$usermodmap&#34; ]; then
    xmodmap &#34;$usermodmap&#34;
fi

# start some nice programs

if [ -d /usr/local/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then
	for f in /usr/local/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?*.sh ; do
		[ -x &#34;$f&#34; ] &amp;&amp; . &#34;$f&#34;
	done
	unset f
fi
twm &amp;
#afterstep
#xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &amp;
#xterm -geometry 40x25+494-0 &amp;
exec xterm -geometry 40x25+0+0 -name login

</code></pre>

<p>The end section of this tells the X11 system to load twm as the window manager,  the last line creates a special xterm window that, if exited will exit the X11 system too.</p>

<p>Following on from this is the <strong>system.twmrc</strong> file which is sets up the twm system.</p>

<pre><code>#
# Default twm configuration file; needs to be kept small to conserve string
# space in systems whose compilers don&#39;t handle medium-sized strings.
#
# Sites should tailor this file, providing any extra title buttons, menus, etc.
# that may be appropriate for their environment.  For example, if most of the
# users were accustomed to uwm, the defaults could be set up not to decorate
# any windows and to use meta-keys.
#

NoGrabServer
RestartPreviousState
DecorateTransients
TitleFont &#34;-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*&#34;
ResizeFont &#34;-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*&#34;
MenuFont &#34;-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*&#34;
IconFont &#34;-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*&#34;
IconManagerFont &#34;-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*&#34;
#ClientBorderWidth

Color
{
    BorderColor &#34;slategrey&#34;
    DefaultBackground &#34;rgb:2/a/9&#34;
    DefaultForeground &#34;gray85&#34;
    TitleBackground &#34;rgb:2/a/9&#34;
    TitleForeground &#34;gray85&#34;
    MenuBackground &#34;rgb:2/a/9&#34;
    MenuForeground &#34;white&#34;
    MenuBorderColor &#34;black&#34;
    MenuTitleBackground &#34;gray70&#34;
    MenuTitleForeground &#34;rgb:2/a/9&#34;
    IconBackground &#34;rgb:2/a/9&#34;
    IconForeground &#34;gray85&#34;
    IconBorderColor &#34;gray85&#34;
    IconManagerBackground &#34;rgb:2/a/9&#34;
    IconManagerForeground &#34;gray85&#34;
}

#
# Define some useful functions for motion-based actions.
#
MoveDelta 3
Function &#34;move-or-lower&#34; { f.move f.deltastop f.lower }
Function &#34;move-or-raise&#34; { f.move f.deltastop f.raise }
Function &#34;move-or-iconify&#34; { f.move f.deltastop f.iconify }

#
# Set some useful bindings.  Sort of uwm-ish, sort of simple-button-ish
#
Button1 = : root : f.menu &#34;defops&#34;

Button1 = m : window|icon : f.function &#34;move-or-lower&#34;
Button2 = m : window|icon : f.iconify
#Button3 = m : window|icon : f.function &#34;move-or-raise&#34;
Button3 = m : window|icon : f.quit &#34;quit application&#34;

Button1 = : title : f.function &#34;move-or-raise&#34;
Button2 = : title : f.raiselower

Button1 = : icon : f.function &#34;move-or-iconify&#34;
Button2 = : icon : f.iconify

Button1 = : iconmgr : f.iconify
Button2 = : iconmgr : f.iconify

#
# And a menus with the usual things
#
menu &#34;defops&#34;
{
&#34;Twm&#34;	f.title
&#34;Iconify&#34;	f.iconify
&#34;Resize&#34;	f.resize
&#34;Move&#34;		f.move
&#34;Raise&#34;		f.raise
&#34;Lower&#34;		f.lower
&#34;&#34;		f.nop
&#34;Focus&#34;		f.focus
&#34;Unfocus&#34;	f.unfocus
&#34;Show Iconmgr&#34;	f.showiconmgr
&#34;Hide Iconmgr&#34;	f.hideiconmgr
&#34;&#34;		f.nop
&#34;Nethack&#34;	f.exec &#34;exec vulture-nethack &amp;&#34;
&#34;Doom&#34;		f.exec &#34;exec prboom &amp;&#34;	
#&#34;Xterm&#34;	f.exec &#34;exec xterm &amp;&#34;
&#34;LXTerminal&#34;	f.exec &#34;exec lxterminal &amp;&#34;
&#34;Thunar&#34;	f.exec &#34;exec thunar &amp;&#34;

&#34;XCalc&#34;		f.exec &#34;exec xcalc &amp;&#34;
&#34;&#34;		f.nop
&#34;Kill&#34;		f.destroy
&#34;Delete&#34;	f.delete
&#34;&#34;		f.nop
&#34;Restart&#34;	f.restart
&#34;Exit&#34;		f.quit
}

IconManagers{
&#34;Frame&#34;	&#34;=100x50+100+100&#34;	1
&#34;XTerm&#34;	&#34;=300x50+120+100&#34;	2
</code></pre>

<p>It is fairly basic at the moment, but feel free to git clone <a href="https://github.com/zleap/FreeBSD" rel="nofollow">from here</a>.</p>

<p>I am sharing as they are more of a guide rather than something that should be just used.</p>

<p><a href="/paulsutton/tag:bsd" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">bsd</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:config" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">config</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:desktop" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">desktop</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:settings" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">settings</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:configuration" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">configuration</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:tool" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">tool</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:freebsd" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">freebsd</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:twm" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">twm</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:window" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">window</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:icoms" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">icoms</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:xinitrc" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">xinitrc</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:system" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">system</span></a>.twmrc</p>

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