---
name: "update-bbstyles"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "blackbox"
version: "0.51.3-13"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update-bbstyles"
---

# update-bbstyles(1)

Blackbox Style Menu Update

## NAME

update-bbstyles - Blackbox Style Menu Update

## SYNOPSIS

**update-bbstyles** *--update  \[filename\]  \[title\]* *--build* *--remove  \[title\]*\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **update-bbstyles** style menu update script.

**update-bbstyles** This program is designed to be used in conjunction with Brad Hughes' Blackbox window manager.  It can be used in two   modes for creating or updating the style menu on your system.

## UPDATE

In update mode, the stylemenu in /usr/share/blackbox/styles  is read.  The new style is inserted at the proper lexicographical (alphabetical) location in the style as decided by comparing the style titles.  The filename from the command line is  verified for existance before the update will proceed.  Both the title and the filename are required for the update to take place.

## BUILD

This creates a brand-new style menu in /usr/share/blackbox/styles based on the files present in the /usr/share/blackbox/styles directory.  It ignores the stylesmenu itself.

WARNING:  Because the blackbox style format does not contain meta-data for the title, this information is lost when running a build.  In this mode, the filenames are used for the title. The stylemenu may be hand-edited to provide the desired title where the filename is not appropriate.

## REMOVE

This removes the style "Title" from the styles menu in the /usr/share/blackbox/styles directory.

## SEE ALSO

If you are using this program, you really should be using the Debian menu system.  Check the media your distribution came in, or a local Debian mirror (http://www.debian.org) for more details.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Brent A. Fulgham \<bfulgham@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).