X and Fluxbox :: Fluxbox funkified?



That's one of the things I was hoping to get some feedback on, but so far no response.
Fluxbox dev could be compiled to install into /opt, using the dependencies already available in DSL.  I'm pretty sure this will work, as I went from stable to dev on my workstation without needing to upgrade anything else.  The only things affected this way would be files in your $HOME/.fluxbox directory....styles stored locally may need to be modified to work with the newer version, and there would be an additional file or two (not required, but ~/.fluxbox/apps is quite useful).  Installing in /opt would mean having both versions of Fluxbox available.
Another option is overwriting the current stable fluxbox.  Other than the fact that you wouldn't be able to go back to stable, and performance may suffer slightly, I can't see this being too troublesome....also styles may be a bit different, as I mentioned above.
If I'm overlooking something, well....I wouldn't be too surprised :D
I think having the two fluxbox versions would be better, just in case :;): Maybe having a different command code, eg 'fluxboxdev' ?
Exactly what I was thinking...we Linux people don't like our options displaced =o)
For myself, I'd be using only the dev version, but if it were a .dsl created for others I suppose making it optional would be the best route.
The next rainy day (probably tomorrow, from the way the weather's been this summer) I'll see what I can put together.  I know ke4nt1 was considering this, but I'm guessing he's quite busy already.

As for the command, it need not change, as it would be /opt/fluxbox_dev/bin/fluxbox instead of just fluxbox.  The menu entry would be a bit different as well....instead of [exec] it would be [restart] ...as long as the stable version supports restarting as a different window manager (can't remember at the moment).
That would add quite an amount to the DSL ISO however, as the Fluxbox 0.9.7 binary is about 1.2Mb as it is, without all the other supporting files.
As an extension it would not be a part of the ISO...1.2mb isn't bad for an extension.
The supporting files I'm not sure of.  I did a quick test today with 0.9.9, and ran into dependency issues that I didn't feel like dealing with right now.  I compiled it on a different distro which has different versions of some files than those in DSL.  It might be fixed easily with a symlink or two, but as I said, I didn't want to bother working it out today.
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