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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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39 | &lfs71_checked;
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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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137 |
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138 | <para>
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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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141 | </para>
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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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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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165 | <filename>/etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml</filename> and
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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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169 | </para>
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170 |
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171 | <screen role="user"><userinput>cp -rf /etc/xdg/openbox ~/.config</userinput></screen>
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172 | <para>
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173 |
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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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177 | <xref linkend="pyxml"/> and <xref linkend="pygtk"/>).
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178 | </para>
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179 |
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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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188 | <screen><item label="Mplayer" icon="/usr/share/pixmaps/mplayer.png"></screen>
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189 |
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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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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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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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232 | </para>
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233 |
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234 | <screen role="user"><userinput>cat > ~/.xinitrc << "HERE_DOC"
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235 | # make an array which lists the pictures:
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236 | picture_list=(~/.config/backgrounds/*)
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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[${random_number}]}"
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241 | exec openbox
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242 | HERE_DOC</userinput></screen>
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243 |
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244 | <para>
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245 | If you like to have the numlock key set whan you start Xorg, install
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246 | <ulink url="http://home.kde.org/~seli/numlockx/">Numlockx</ulink> and
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247 | add that to your xinitrc. Another useful application is
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248 | <xref linkend="dbus"/>
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249 | </para>
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250 |
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251 | <screen role="user"><userinput>cat > ~/.xinitrc << "HERE_DOC"
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252 | . /etc/profile
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253 | picture_list=(~/.config/backgrounds/*)
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254 | random_number=$(( ${RANDOM} % ${#picture_list[*]} ))
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255 | display -backdrop -window root "${picture_list[${random_number}]}"
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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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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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