BBSlit

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bbSlit is a plugin that functions as a container for other plugins. The user cannot see BBSlit until a plugin has been placed inside it. This plugin is not needed for xoblite because the slit has been coded into the core of the shell itself.

Installation and Configuration

It installs like any other plugin, No special installation task is required. The following configuration for the Slit can be placed in blackbox.rc.

session.screen0.slit.placement:         CenterLeft
session.screen0.slit.direction:         Vertical
session.screen0.slit.autoHide:          true
session.screen0.slit.ontop:             true
session.screen0.slit.toggle:            false

You can also configure the Slit by right clicking on it. Remember to right click on the border, it a plugin is taking the whole space.

Loading a plugin into Slit

In order to load a plugin into Slit, all you need to do is to put an & symbol in front of it in the plugins.rc. Below is a snippet from a plugins.rc that loads BBSlit then load BBMail into the Slit.

plugins\bbSlit\BBSlit.dll
&plugins\bbMail\BBMail.dll

If you load multiple plugins, they will appear in the slit in the order they are loaded. If you load a plugin that is not designed to be loaded into Slit, you will get an error message when BBLean starts.