Discussion of the Openbox window manager

headers Eugene M. Zheganin | 6 May 2013 17:54 · /root/

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Hi, now that I've solved my "layer problem" I need to make some more tunning on my openbox installation, I
need to open a particular window in a default width and height.
I've already tried with the <size> tag in the per-app settings (found on the web) but it seems to not work (I
don't event know if it's a existing tag).

So, it's possible to make a default width&height for a per-app setting?

Thank you

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Hi, I'm Matthew from Italy, I've found this ML:

>> In a menu entry to start an app, can I specify that I want its window
>> to stay on top?

>No. Unless the app in question has a --always-on-top switch. Openbox has
>no way of knowing which exec() call produces which windowid in X. What you
>can do is use the per-app matching to make all windows of a specific class
>stay on top.
>--
>Mikael Magnusson

I'm intrested in knowing how can I do for making a particular class of windows to stay on top.
I've already a per-app configuration, but I cannot find a solution for an always on top configuration.

Regards.

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Hello All

I've been tryin to create a valid ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml file without  
success. I've tried the popular utilities - menumaker, denu, dmenu,  
genmenu, and all give the same result; a message during Xorg startup  
saying:

"Unable to find a valid menu file "/root/.config/openbox/menu.xml"

Even when I cut and paste from "http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Menus" into a  
simple file the result is the same. I'm using openbox-3.5.0 in LXDE on  
Gentoo with a 3.7.9 kernel.

Could someone please point out the error in the menu.xml below?

With thanks
52midnight.
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<openbox_menu>

<menu id="ID" label="TITLE">
   <!-- this is a menu item, such as a program -->
   <item label="LABEL">
     <action name="Execute">
       <command>st</command>
     </action>
   </item>

   <!-- this is a menu header -->
   <separator label="La la" />

   <!-- this links to a sub menu -->
   <menu id="ID" />

   <!-- this is a small line separator -->
   <separator />

   <!-- this also links to a sub menu, which is defined inline -->
   <menu id="ID" label="TITLE">
     <item label="LABEL">
     <action name="Execute">
       <command>st</command>
     </action>
     </item>
   </menu>

   <separator />

   <item label="LABEL">
     <action name="Execute">
       <command>st</command>
     </action>
   </item>
</menu>

</openbox_menu>

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I've seen a few articles about this as a replacement for X and I was wondering
what would be the implications (if any) for open box.

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Hi, all!

I'm trying to get xmobar to work with OpenBox. However, when I maximize
windows, OpenBox doesn't seem to honor xmobar. It also doesn't honor dzen2.
It *does* honor xfce4-panel, however.

What's odd is that as far as I understand it, the only EWMH that should
matter is this one:

_NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL(CARDINAL) = 0, 0, 0, 16, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1023

I see both xmobar and dzen2 setting one of these, but it doesn't seem to
matter.

xfce4-panel also sets this one:

_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK

...but when I get xmobar to do that too, once again it doesn't matter.

xfce4-panel sets a bunch of other properties, but my reading is that the only
one that should matter is the partial strut.

I'm using OpenBox 3.5.0, from Debian Wheezy. Any thoughts?

PS: Setting margins isn't what I want, since I only want a bar on my main
monitor, and as far as I can see there's no way to specify per-monitor
margins.

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hi,

i'm a french Debian and openbox user and i've made a full translation of
the openbox:help:themes page.

the translation is available on my wiki : 
http://arpinux.org/x/doku.php/graphics:openbox_themes

but i wish i could include it on your main wiki page.

I am requesting access to edit the wiki if you are interested by wiki
french translation. i could make the other pages too, as i'm planed to
do it it for myself and the crunchbang-fr community.

My username is arpinux

Please add me to the Person group:
http://openbox.org/wiki/Special:Userrights

Thank you!
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Signed-off-by: Jim Rees <rees@...>
---
 data/autostart/openbox-xdg-autostart | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/data/autostart/openbox-xdg-autostart b/data/autostart/openbox-xdg-autostart
index 04a17a1..6479903 100755
--- a/data/autostart/openbox-xdg-autostart
+++ b/data/autostart/openbox-xdg-autostart
 <at>  <at>  -51,7 +51,7  <at>  <at>  def main(argv=sys.argv):
             try:
                 autofile = AutostartFile(path)
             except ParsingError:
-                print "Invalid .desktop file: " + path
+                print ("Invalid .desktop file: " + path)
             else:
                 if not autofile in files:
                     files.append(autofile)
 <at>  <at>  -146,9 +146,9  <at>  <at>  class AutostartFile:

     def display(self, envs):
         if self._shouldRun(envs):
-            print "[*] " + self.de.getName()
+            print ("[*] " + self.de.getName())
         else:
-            print "[ ] " + self.de.getName()
+            print ("[ ] " + self.de.getName())
         self._alert("File: " + self.path, info=True)
         if self.de.getExec():
             self._alert("Executes: " + self.de.getExec(), info=True)
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I've set my ~/.gimp-2.6/gimprc file to this:

   #toolbox-window-hint utility
   #dock-window-hint utility
   toolbox-window-hint normal
   dock-window-hint normal
   transient-docks no

In spite of this, the Xprops for the Gimp windows remain set at "utility".  
I include an Nedit window for comparison; it behaves normally, and doesn't  
have the second parameter set:

   Nedit: _OB_APP_TYPE(UTF8_STRING) = "normal"

   Gimp Tool: _OB_APP_TYPE(UTF8_STRING) = "utility"
   Gimp Tool: _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_UTILITY

   Gimp Layer: _OB_APP_TYPE(UTF8_STRING) = "utility"
   Gimp Layer: _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_UTILITY

   Gimp Working: _OB_APP_TYPE(UTF8_STRING) = "normal"
   Gimp Working: _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NORMAL

This begins to look like a Gimp problem, but I don't have the street cred  
to go chasing after those guys. Is anyone here prepared to take them on?
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Hello

Let me illustrate the problem with an example.  For example, Pidgin (an
instant messaging client) puts its icon in the notification area, and
when you click on this icon, Pidgin's contacts list window is
activated.  If it isn't yet open, the window shows up on the current
workspace, but if it's already open, the window is just
"self-activates", and that's the problem if the window isn't on the
current workspace.  I'm using GNOME panel, it shows the window being
activated with bold font, but doesn't let you switch to it (its
workspace) easily. I wonder if Openbox as a window manager can
automatically bring me to the workspace where the activated window
is placed?

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openbox/lxde and empty QT windows

Window size in per-app settings

Openbox stay on top window

per-app <shade>

Can't create a valid menu.xml

Wayland

partial strut question...

Wiki access

[PATCH] fix "print" syntax for python 3

Windows in The GIMP behaving badly.

Switch to workspace when a window activates on it