---
name: "bbdate.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "bbdate"
version: "0.2.4-4.3"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bbdate.conf"
---

# bbdate.conf(5)

bbdate configuration file

## NAME

bbdate.conf - bbdate configuration file

## SYNOPSIS

**~/.bbtools/bbdate.conf**

## DESCRIPTION

By default **bbdate** reads the Blackbox style-file as defined in *~/.blackboxrc* and copies as much of the style as possible. The result is an application which looks a lot like the toolbar.

### Reconfigure bbdate

If the resource *bbdate.autoConfig* is set to *true* the tool will periodically check if the main config files, *~/.blackboxrc* for Blackbox users and the file specified in *~/.bbtoolsrc* for other WM's to see if they have changed. If so **bbdate** will reconfigure.

### Copying the look of the Blackbox toolbar

**bbdate** automatically copies the style of the blackbox toolbar. It copies:

bevelWidth -\> bbdate.bevelWidth\
 toolbar -\> bbdate.frame\
 toolbar.label -\> bbdate.label\
 toolbar.color -\> bbdate.frame.color\
 toolbar.colorTo -\> bbdate.frame.colorTo\
 toolbar.label.color -\> bbdate.label.color\
 toolbar.label.colorTo -\> bbdate.label.colorTo\
 toolbar.textColor -\> bbdate..textColor

## WARNING

If *~/.bbtoolsrc* is defined **bbdate** won't copy the blackbox style.

## SEE ALSO

**[bbdate(1)](/bbdate/1.md)**

## AUTHOR

John Kennis \<j.m.b.m.kennis@ele.tue.nl\> - bbdate\
 Jan Schaumann \<jschauma@netmeister.org\> - this man page\
 Chris Gibson \<chris@linuxops.net\> - minor man page revisions for Debian