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# Bmpanel

From ArchWiki

BMPanel (BitMap Panel) is a lightweight, NETWM compliant panel for X11 Window System, which contains a desktop switcher, taskbar, system tray and clock. The application is inspired by simplicity of fspanel. BMPanel has a modern look and feel, while keeping itself tiny and small.

## Installation

bmpanel can be found in the AUR and installed using an AUR helper or makepkg. However, BMPanel is not maintained anymore, it is recommended to try bmpanel2-git.

## Themes

Themes must be installed in the `~/.bmpanel/themes` (respectively `~/.local/share/bmpanel2/themes` for bmpanel2) directory. If it does not exist the directory must be created.

To get themes, download them from here and extract them to `~/.bmpanel/themes` or install the bmpanel-themes package. Altering design of the theme can be done by adapting the `~/.bmpanel/themes/<THEME_NAME>/theme` file. More information on this can be found here.

BMPanel2 themes are available in the bmpanel2-themes package. Further information about available themes can be found here.

## Starting bmpanel

To start bmpanel automatically after the login you need to write this to your `~/.xinitrc` file:

    # Starting bmpanel
    /usr/bin/bmpanel theme_name &

or:

    /usr/bin/bmpanel2 --theme=theme_name &

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