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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY openbox-download-http
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| 8 | "http://openbox.org/dist/openbox/openbox-&openbox-version;.tar.gz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY openbox-download-ftp " ">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY openbox-md5sum "00441b53cf14c03566c8e82643544ff9">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY openbox-size "9 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY openbox-buildsize "18 MB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY openbox-time "0.3 SBU">
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| 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="openbox" xreflabel="openbox-&openbox-version;">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="openbox.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <title>openbox-&openbox-version;</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="openbox">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-openbox">Openbox</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to openbox</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>
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| 34 | <application>Openbox</application> is a highly configurable desktop
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| 35 | window manager with extensive standards support. It allows you to control
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| 36 | almost every aspect of how you interact with your desktop.
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| 37 | </para>
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| 38 |
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[4c77a949] | 39 | &lfs71_checked;
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[ebf1fa3f] | 40 |
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| 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&openbox-download-http;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &openbox-md5sum;
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| 50 | </para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>
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| 54 | Download size: &openbox-size;
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| 55 | </para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>
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| 59 | Estimated disk space required: &openbox-buildsize;
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| 60 | </para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | <listitem>
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| 63 | <para>
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| 64 | Estimated build time: &openbox-time;
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| 65 | </para>
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| 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 | </itemizedlist>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Openbox Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 72 | <para role="required">
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| 73 | <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>,
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| 74 | <xref linkend="x-window-system"/> and
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| 75 | <xref linkend="pango"/> (compiled with support for libXft).
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| 76 | </para>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 79 | <para role="optional">
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| 80 | <xref linkend="imlib2"/> (to enable icons in the right click menu).
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| 81 | </para>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 84 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/openbox"/>
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| 85 | </para>
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| 86 | </sect2>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 89 | <title>Installation of Openbox</title>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <para>
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| 92 | Install <application>Openbox</application> by running the following
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| 93 | commands:
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| 94 | </para>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-static \
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| 97 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/openbox-&openbox-version; &&
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| 98 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <para>
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| 101 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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| 102 | </para>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <para>
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| 105 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 106 | </para>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 109 | </sect2>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 112 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <para>
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| 115 | <option>--sysconfdir=/etc</option>: This option puts
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| 116 | <application>Openbox</application>'s configuration files in
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| 117 | /etc/xdg/openbox instead of /usr/etc/xdg/openbox.
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| 118 | </para>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <para>
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| 121 | <option>--disable-static</option>: This option stops it compiling
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| 122 | static versions of the libraries.
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| 123 | </para>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <para>
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| 126 | <option>--docdir=/usr/share/doc/openbox-&openbox-version;</option>:
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| 127 | this puts a few files in a versioned directory in
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| 128 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/doc</filename>.
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| 129 | </para>
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| 130 | </sect2>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 133 | <title>Configuring Openbox</title>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <sect3 id="openbox-config">
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| 136 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[9166fa4] | 137 |
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| 138 | <para>
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[7b0365f] | 139 | /etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml, /etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml,
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| 140 | ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml and ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml
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[9166fa4] | 141 | </para>
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[ebf1fa3f] | 142 |
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| 143 | <indexterm zone="openbox openbox-config">
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| 144 | <primary sortas="e-AA.menu">~/.config/openbox/menu.xml</primary>
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| 145 | </indexterm>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | <indexterm zone="openbox openbox-config">
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| 148 | <primary sortas="e-AA.rc">~/.config/openbox/rc.xml</primary>
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| 149 | </indexterm>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | <indexterm zone="openbox openbox-config">
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| 152 | <primary sortas="e-etc-path-menu">/etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml</primary>
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| 153 | </indexterm>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <indexterm zone="openbox openbox-config">
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| 156 | <primary sortas="e-etc-path-rc">/etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml</primary>
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| 157 | </indexterm>
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| 158 | </sect3>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 161 |
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| 162 | <para>
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[7b0365f] | 163 | <application>Openbox</application>'s right click menu can be used to
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| 164 | launch programs. The menu itself is configured with 2 files,
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[ebf1fa3f] | 165 | <filename>/etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml</filename> and
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[7b0365f] | 166 | <filename>~/.config/openbox/menu.xml</filename>. To make changes to the
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| 167 | menu, copy /etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml to ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml and
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| 168 | edit it:
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[ebf1fa3f] | 169 | </para>
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| 170 |
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[7b0365f] | 171 | <screen role="user"><userinput>cp -rf /etc/xdg/openbox ~/.config</userinput></screen>
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[ebf1fa3f] | 172 | <para>
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[7b0365f] | 173 |
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[ebf1fa3f] | 174 | <filename>~/.config/openbox/menu.xml</filename> can be edited with a
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| 175 | text editor or you can install
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| 176 | <ulink url="http://obmenu.sourceforge.net/">Obmenu</ulink> (requires
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[cafe973] | 177 | <xref linkend="pyxml"/> and <xref linkend="pygtk"/>).
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[ebf1fa3f] | 178 | </para>
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| 179 |
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[cafe973] | 180 | <para>
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| 181 | To have icons in your right click menu requires installing
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| 182 | <xref linkend="imlib2"/> before you install
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| 183 | <application>Openbox</application>. To set an icon for an entry in the
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| 184 | menu edit <filename>~/.config/openbox/menu.xml</filename> and add an
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| 185 | icon to the <item> tag like this:
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| 186 | </para>
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| 187 |
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[7b0365f] | 188 | <screen><item label="Mplayer" icon="/usr/share/pixmaps/mplayer.png"></screen>
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[cafe973] | 189 |
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[ebf1fa3f] | 190 | <para>
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| 191 | Many other aspects of <application>Openbox</application>'s behaviour are
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| 192 | configured with <filename>~/.config/openbox/rc.xml</filename> such as
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| 193 | what keybindings are used to launch programs or which mouse button
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| 194 | launches the main menu.
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| 195 | </para>
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| 196 |
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| 197 | <para>
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| 198 | Details of the theme that <application>Openbox</application> applies to
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| 199 | window decorations are configured in
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| 200 | <filename>~/.config/openbox/rc.xml</filename>. You can get a list of the
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| 201 | available themes with the command:
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| 202 | </para>
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| 203 |
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| 204 | <screen role="user"><userinput>ls -d /usr/share/themes/*/openbox-3 | sed 's#.*es/##;s#/o.*##'</userinput></screen>
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| 205 | </sect3>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <sect3 id="openbox-init">
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| 208 | <title>Starting Openbox</title>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <para>
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| 211 | To automatically start <command>openbox</command> when you start
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| 212 | <application>Xorg</application>:
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| 213 | </para>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <screen role="user"><userinput>echo openbox > ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | <para>
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[7b0365f] | 218 | If you want to set a background image to your desktop you can use
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| 219 | <xref linkend="display"/> and launch it from ~/.xinitrc just before
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| 220 | openbox:
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| 221 | </para>
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| 222 |
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| 223 | <screen role="user"><userinput>cat > ~/.xinitrc << "HERE_DOC"
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| 224 | display -backdrop -window root /path/to/beautiful/picture.jpeg
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| 225 | exec openbox
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| 226 | HERE_DOC</userinput></screen>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <para>
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| 229 | Or if you like a bit of variety, put a selection of images in a folder
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[5b9edb4] | 230 | (in this example, the directory ~/.config/backgrounds) and choose one at
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| 231 | random each time you <command>xinit</command>:
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[ebf1fa3f] | 232 | </para>
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[7b0365f] | 233 |
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| 234 | <screen role="user"><userinput>cat > ~/.xinitrc << "HERE_DOC"
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[5b9edb4] | 235 | # make an array which lists the pictures:
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[7b0365f] | 236 | picture_list=(~/.config/backgrounds/*)
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[5b9edb4] | 237 | # create a random integer between 0 and the number of pictures:
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| 238 | random_number=$(( ${RANDOM} % ${#picture_list[@]} ))
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| 239 | # display the chosen picture:
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| 240 | display -backdrop -window root "${picture_list[${random_number}]}"
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[7b0365f] | 241 | exec openbox
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| 242 | HERE_DOC</userinput></screen>
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| 243 |
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| 244 | <para>
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| 245 | If you like to have the numlock key set whan you start Xorg, install
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| 246 | <ulink url="http://home.kde.org/~seli/numlockx/">Numlockx</ulink> and
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| 247 | add that to your xinitrc. Another useful application is
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| 248 | <xref linkend="dbus"/>
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| 249 | </para>
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| 250 |
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| 251 | <screen role="user"><userinput>cat > ~/.xinitrc << "HERE_DOC"
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| 252 | . /etc/profile
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| 253 | picture_list=(~/.config/backgrounds/*)
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| 254 | random_number=$(( ${RANDOM} % ${#picture_list[*]} ))
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[5b9edb4] | 255 | display -backdrop -window root "${picture_list[${random_number}]}"
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[7b0365f] | 256 | numlockx
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| 257 | eval $(dbus-launch --auto-syntax --exit-with-session)
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| 258 | lxpanel &
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| 259 | exec openbox
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| 260 | HERE_DOC</userinput></screen>
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[ebf1fa3f] | 261 | </sect3>
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| 262 | </sect2>
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| 263 |
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| 264 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 265 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 266 |
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| 267 | <segmentedlist>
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| 268 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 269 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 270 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 271 |
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| 272 | <seglistitem>
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| 273 | <seg>
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| 274 | gdm-control, gnome-panel-control, obxprop, openbox,
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| 275 | openbox-gnome-session, openbox-kde-session and openbox-session
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| 276 | </seg>
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| 277 | <seg>
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| 278 | libobrender.so and libobt.so
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| 279 | </seg>
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| 280 | <seg>
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| 281 | /etc/xdg/openbox, /usr/include/openbox,
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| 282 | /usr/share/doc/openbox-&openbox-version; and /usr/share/themes.
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| 283 | </seg>
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| 284 | </seglistitem>
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| 285 | </segmentedlist>
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| 286 |
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| 287 | <variablelist>
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| 288 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 289 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 290 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 291 |
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| 292 | <varlistentry id="gdm-control">
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| 293 | <term><command>gdm-control</command></term>
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| 294 | <listitem>
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| 295 | <para>
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| 296 | is a command line tool to send signals to
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| 297 | <application>GDM</application>.
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| 298 | </para>
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| 299 | <indexterm zone="openbox gdm-control">
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| 300 | <primary sortas="b-gdm-control">gdm-control</primary>
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| 301 | </indexterm>
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| 302 | </listitem>
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| 303 | </varlistentry>
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| 304 |
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| 305 | <varlistentry id="gnome-panel-control">
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| 306 | <term><command>gnome-panel-control</command></term>
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| 307 | <listitem>
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| 308 | <para>
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| 309 | is a command line utility to invoke the <application>Gnome
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| 310 | Panel</application> run dialog/menu.
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| 311 | </para>
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| 312 | <indexterm zone="openbox gnome-panel-control">
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| 313 | <primary
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| 314 | sortas="b-gnome-panel-control">gnome-panel-control</primary>
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| 315 | </indexterm>
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| 316 | </listitem>
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| 317 | </varlistentry>
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| 318 |
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| 319 | <varlistentry id="obxprop">
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| 320 | <term><command>obxprop</command></term>
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| 321 | <listitem>
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| 322 | <para>
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| 323 | is a tool for displaying the properties on an x window. It has a
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| 324 | similar functionality to <command>xprop</command>, but allows you to
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| 325 | see UTF-8 strings as text.
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| 326 | </para>
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| 327 | <indexterm zone="openbox obxprop">
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| 328 | <primary sortas="b-obxprop">obxprop</primary>
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| 329 | </indexterm>
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| 330 | </listitem>
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| 331 | </varlistentry>
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| 332 |
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| 333 | <varlistentry id="openbox-prog">
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| 334 | <term><command>openbox</command></term>
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| 335 | <listitem>
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| 336 | <para>
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| 337 | is a standards compliant, highly configurable, window manager.
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| 338 | </para>
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| 339 | <indexterm zone="openbox openbox">
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| 340 | <primary sortas="b-openbox">openbox</primary>
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| 341 | </indexterm>
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| 342 | </listitem>
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| 343 | </varlistentry>
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| 344 |
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| 345 | <varlistentry id="openbox-gnome-session">
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| 346 | <term><command>openbox-gnome-session</command></term>
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| 347 | <listitem>
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| 348 | <para>
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| 349 | is a script to launch an <application>Gnome</application> session
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| 350 | with openbox as your window manager from your
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| 351 | <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename>.
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| 352 | </para>
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| 353 | <indexterm zone="openbox openbox-gnome-session">
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| 354 | <primary
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| 355 | sortas="b-openbox-gnome-session">openbox-gnome-session</primary>
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| 356 | </indexterm>
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| 357 | </listitem>
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| 358 | </varlistentry>
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| 359 |
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| 360 | <varlistentry id="openbox-kde-session">
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| 361 | <term><command>openbox-kde-session</command></term>
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| 362 | <listitem>
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| 363 | <para>
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| 364 | is a script to launch an <application>KDE</application> session with
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| 365 | <application>Openbox</application> as your window manager from your
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| 366 | <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename>.
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| 367 | </para>
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| 368 | <indexterm zone="openbox openbox-kde-session">
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| 369 | <primary
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| 370 | sortas="b-openbox-kde-session">openbox-kde-session</primary>
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| 371 | </indexterm>
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| 372 | </listitem>
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| 373 | </varlistentry>
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| 374 |
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| 375 | <varlistentry id="openbox-session">
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| 376 | <term><command>openbox-session</command></term>
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| 377 | <listitem>
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| 378 | <para>
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| 379 | is a script to launch an <application>Openbox</application> session
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| 380 | from your <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename>.
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| 381 | </para>
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| 382 | <indexterm zone="openbox openbox-session">
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| 383 | <primary sortas="b-openbox-session">openbox-session</primary>
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| 384 | </indexterm>
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| 385 | </listitem>
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| 386 | </varlistentry>
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| 387 |
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| 388 | <varlistentry id="libobrender">
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| 389 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libobrender.so</filename></term>
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| 390 | <listitem>
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| 391 | <para>
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| 392 | contains the functions used by <application>Openbox</application>
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| 393 | for theme rendering.
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| 394 | </para>
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| 395 | <indexterm zone="openbox libobrender">
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| 396 | <primary sortas="c-libobrender">libobrender.so</primary>
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| 397 | </indexterm>
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| 398 | </listitem>
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| 399 | </varlistentry>
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| 400 |
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| 401 | <varlistentry id="libobt">
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| 402 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libobt.so</filename></term>
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| 403 | <listitem>
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| 404 | <para>
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| 405 | is the <application>Openbox</application> toolkit library.
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| 406 | </para>
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| 407 | <indexterm zone="openbox libobt">
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| 408 | <primary sortas="c-libobt">libobt.so</primary>
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| 409 | </indexterm>
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| 410 | </listitem>
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| 411 | </varlistentry>
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| 412 | </variablelist>
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| 413 | </sect2>
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| 414 | </sect1>
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