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Bmpanel2

Bmpanel (Bitmap Panel) is a lightweight panel for the X11 Window System, it contains a desktop switcher, taskbar, system tray and a clock. The Application is meant to be tiny and small but also to look and feel modern.

Bmpanel2 with the Auriel-Blue-smooth theme

Installing:

You can install Bmpanel from the AUR with the command:

yaourt -S bmpanel2-git bmpanel2-themes

The installed themes can be found in /usr/share/bmpanel2/themes

Configuring:

You can configure Bmpanel2 with it's built in configuration program called:

bmpanel2cfg

Bmpanel2 with the Auriel-Blue-smooth theme

This is the configuration window of Bmpanel2, like you can see you have the ability to change the theme (which you can find in /usr/share/bmpanel2/themes), you can set the program which will get opened when you click at the clock (in this example gsimplecal, a simple gtk calendar application).

You can also set a Task urgency hint which when activated will highlight the urgency window in the taskbar.

In Alternatives you can set an alternative to the desktop switcher.

In the Launch Bar settings you can set a application menu.

Starting:

If configured with bmpanel2cfg you only have to start bmpanel with:

bmpanel2 &

And it will starts a new panel (Keep in mind that for an systemtray you only can run one panel at time!)

To have Bmpanel2 in the autostart in Openbox replace this command:

(sleep 1s && tint2) &

with

(sleep 1s && bmpanel2) &

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+= Bmpanel2 =
-Plymouth is an application that runs very early in the boot process (even before the root filesystem is mounted) that provides a graphical boot animation while the boot process happens in the background.
+'''Bmpanel''' (Bitmap Panel) is a lightweight panel for the X11 Window System, it contains a desktop switcher, taskbar, system tray and a clock. The Application is meant to be tiny and small but also to look and feel modern.
-The 0.8.10 Manjaro main editions use Plymouth by default.
+[[File:action.png|center]]
-== Installation ==
-Plymouth is available from the Manjaro repositories. However, some steps need to be followed to set it up properly.
+Bmpanel2 with the Auriel-Blue-smooth theme
-The steps from https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Plymouth#Installation apply, except the last step;
+== Installing: ==
-To rebuild the initrd image, following command is used:
+You can install Bmpanel from the '''AUR''' with the command:
-  sudo mkinitcpio -p linux<version>
+  yaourt -S bmpanel2-git bmpanel2-themes
-Here {{ic|<version>}} represents your kernel version. For example,
+The installed themes can be found in /usr/share/bmpanel2/themes
- sudo mkinitcpio -p linux314
+== Configuring: ==
-== Configuration ==
+You can configure Bmpanel2 with it's built in configuration program called:
-See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Plymouth#Configuration
+ bmpanel2cfg
-== Removal ==
+[[File:cfg.png|center]]
-or 5 steps are neede to remove Plymouth. They are:
+Bmpanel2 with the Auriel-Blue-smooth theme
-* Remove plymouth hook from ''/etc/mkinitcpio.conf''
+This is the configuration window of Bmpanel2, like you can see you have the ability to change the theme (which you can find in ''/usr/share/bmpanel2/themes''),
+you can set the program which will get opened when you click at the clock (in this example gsimplecal, a simple gtk calendar application).
-* Regenerate the initramfs for your kernel with '''sudo mkinitcpio -p linux<version>'''
+You can also set a ''Task urgency hint'' which when activated will highlight the urgency window in the taskbar.
-* Remove the word splash from the Grub command line options via editing ''/etc/default/grub''
+In Alternatives you can set an alternative to the desktop switcher.
-* Update Grub config file with '''sudo update-grub'''
+In the Launch Bar settings you can set a application menu.
+<br clear="all"/>
-* Configure display manager: [https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=14213.msg128429#msg128429 For Xfce] or [https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=14213.msg139844#msg139844 For KDE].
+== Starting: ==
+If configured with bmpanel2cfg you only have to start bmpanel with:
+ bmpanel2 &
+And it will starts a new panel (Keep in mind that for an systemtray you only can run one panel at time!)
-After that the plymouth package and its themes can be removed.
+To have Bmpanel2 in the autostart in Openbox replace this command:
+ (sleep 1s && tint2) &
-== Forum Support ==
+with
+ (sleep 1s && bmpanel2) &
-Have a look at the following link: [https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=14213.0 Plymouth]
-[[Category:Contents Page]]