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== Notes ==
*These directions are confirmed to work on Mer 0.15 on a Nokia N810.
*This is NOT by any means official. I (Capn_Fish) just decided to do this on my own.
*Follow these directions at your own risk, they may render Mer unbootable/unusable, cause data loss, etc, etc.
*These steps should only really be followed on an N810 or other devices with a physical keyboard. They have only been tested on an N810.
*You may have to run 'update-menus' or something similar to get menus in Fluxbox

== Directions ==
=== Step 1: Install and remove some stuff ===
If you're going to run Fluxbox, you need it installed. I'd also install a regular, non-Hildonized XTerm for good measure.
 sudo apt-get install fluxbox xterm
 sudo apt-get remove osso-xterm

=== Step 2: Edit some files ===
Fluxbox doesn't have a very tablet-friendly configuration to begin with. These are the files I use to make it a little better.

#~/.fluxbox/keys
 
 #Fullscreen button on top and window-switch button on face
 F16 :NextWindow
 Shift F6 :FullScreen
 
 # fullscreen button, -, and + (in that order); chenges mouse buttons
 F6 :exec xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3";xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr
 F8 :exec xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1";xsetroot -cursor_name right_ptr
 F7 :exec xmodmap -e "pointer = 2 1 3";xsetroot -cursor_name hand2
 
 #Requires chmodding, not necessary if you don't FUBAR / uninstall all of the  Hildon stuff
 Shift F7 :exec echo  0 > /sys/class/leds/keyboard/brightness
 Shift F8 :exec echo 30 > /sys/class/leds/keyboard/brightness
 
 Control Mod1 Left :PrevWorkspace
 Control Mod1 Right :NextWorkspace
 
 # click on the desktop to get menus
 #Very nice to not have to change mouse buttons
 OnDesktop Mouse1 :HideMenus
 OnDesktop Double Mouse1 :RootMenu
 
 #whatever else you want to stick here

! ~/.Xmodmap
 ! A little strange, but more usable than the default
 
 clear Mod1
 clear Mod2
 clear Mod3
 clear Mod4
 clear Mod5
 
 ! Top row
 keycode 24 = q Q 1 F1
 keycode 25 = w W 2 F2
 keycode 26 = e E 3 F3
 keycode 27 = r R 4 F4
 keycode 28 = t T 5 F5
 keycode 29 = y Y 6 F6
 keycode 30 = u U 7 F7
 keycode 31 = i I 8 F8
 keycode 32 = o O 9 F9
 keycode 33 = p P 0 F10
 
 ! Middle row
 keycode 38 = a A exclam exclam
 keycode 39 = s S quotedbl quotedbl
 keycode 40 = d D  at at
 keycode 41 = f F numbersign numbersign
 keycode 42 = g G backslash backslash
 keycode 43 = h H slash slash
 keycode 44 = j J parenleft parenleft
 keycode 45 = k K parenright parenright
 keycode 46 = l L asterisk asterisk
 keycode 48 = slash apostrophe question question
 
 ! Bottom row
 keycode 52 = z Z grave grave
 keycode 53 = x X asciicircum asciicircum
 keycode 54 = c C asciitilde asciitilde
 keycode 55 = v V percent percent
 keycode 56 = b B ampersand ampersand
 keycode 57 = n N dollar dollar
 keycode 58 = m M bar bar
 keycode 47 = semicolon colon 
 keycode 20 = minus quotedbl underscore underscore
 keycode 21 = plus numbersign equal equal 
 
 ! Others (backspace, return, etc.)
 keycode 22 = BackSpace
 keycode 36 = Return
 keycode 50 = Shift_L
 keycode 105 = Control_L
 keycode 60 = period greater bracketright braceright
 keycode 59 = comma less bracketleft braceleft
 keycode 65 = space
 keycode 135 = Alt_L
 keycode 108 = Mode_switch
 
 ! Keypad, menu, and screen keys
 keycode 70 = Tab
 keycode 104 = Return
 keycode 111 = Up Prior
 keycode 114 = Right End
 keycode 116 = Down Next
 keycode 113 = Left Home
 keycode 71 = F16
 keycode 9 = Escape
 
 
 add mod1 = Alt_L
 add mod2 = Mode_switch

# ~/.fluxbox/startup
 
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # fluxbox startup-script:
 #
 # Lines starting with a '#' are ignored.
 
 # Change your keymap:
 xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
 
 gksudo nm-applet &
 xterm &
 
 #Left and down don't autorepeat by default
 xset r 116 &
 xset r 113 &
 #gksudo /etc/init.d/ssh start &
 
 # And last but not least we start fluxbox.
 # Because it is the last app you have to run it with ''exec'' before it.
 
 exec fluxbox

=== Step 3: Make Fluxbox start instead of Hildon Stuff ===
By default, the Mer/Hildon desktop starts up, and not Fluxbox. We need to change that. These commands to just that.
 sudo rm /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager
 sudo cp /usr/bin/startfluxbox /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager

=== Step 4: Reboot ===
This is pretty self-explanatory. You need to reboot to get into Fluxbox.

sudo reboot

That's it! If everything went well, you should arrive at a Fluxbox desktop

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 === Step 3: Make Fluxbox start instead of Hildon Stuff ===
-By default, the Mer/Hildon desktop starts up, and not Fluxbox. We need to change that. These commands do just that. It can probably be better accomplished somehow with update-alternatives (or whatever that command is).
+By default, the Mer/Hildon desktop starts up, and not Fluxbox. We need to change that. These commands to just that.
   sudo rm /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager
   sudo cp /usr/bin/startfluxbox /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager