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allucid · Veteran Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 1314 Location: atlanta

is there an option in openbox to set the desktop size? I am using it with xfce4 panel and I don't want applications to maximize over it.

I also tried perlpanel which worked correctly with maximized windows but it is not mature enough for my uses yet.

monotux · Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 4:56 pm Post subject:

allucid · Veteran Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 1314 Location: atlanta

I have tried skippy...it's a expose-ish task switcher. Doesn't have anything to do with desktop size.

Also, to set the desktop size using xfce4-panel I would have to be using xfce4-desktop which would kill my openbox menu. I gave up on xfce4-panel anyways because it's graphical pager would only let me have four virtual desktops (and I have six). So it looks like I'm back to gnome panel for now until some other gtk2 panel comes along or perlpanel matures some more.

motub · Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 11:22 am Post subject:

Been running Openbox 3 for a couple of weeks now, really love it.

I'm using pypanel and some dockapps, and I just decided to get over the pager thing, as only the GNOME pager shows icons, and I don't much see the point of a pager without app icons. I just taught myself the order of my desktops and scroll with the mouse wheel. No prob, really.

The one problem I am having is... how do you set up wmsetbg to give per-desktop wallpaper? The -w switch does not seem to work.

Is this because I must have the same number and names for my WM desktops as for my OB desktops? Is there some WM config file I'm supposed to link to OB (the way you have to do for fluxbox)? If so, what file, and how?

I don't really want to use ROX's pinboard, as then you get a whole buncha ROX, and while ROX is cool enough, it's not for me, and running it is too much for just trying to get per-desktop WP. I don't have Enlightenment installed, so I don't have esetroot atm.

Any help appreciated, thanks in advance. This is the only thing keeping OB from being completely perfect.

headache · Apprentice Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 226

Here is my combination :

rox -pinboard
xfce4-panel
gkrellm2
openbox

I prefer to use xfce4 panel because it suites my needs and it can be made to autohide.

pypanel or perlpanel doesn't work on my AMD64.
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motub · Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 2:09 pm Post subject:

Thanks for sharing, headache, but I don't want to use the ROX pinboard, and pypanel works just fine for me (but it's good to know about the 64-bit problem, as I'm planning to upgrade soon).

I specifically would like to know how to get wmsetbg to work under Openbox to set different wallpapers on each desktop (or esetroot, if that would work where wmsetbg does not-- I'm not completely unwilling to install E if necessary).

Mongrol · Guru Joined: 14 Sep 2002 Posts: 376

I think you want http://fluxspace.sourceforge.net/

Also, Esetroot comes with Eterm, not the full Enlightenment ebuild.

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ddd, for example. Won't run. Complains.
vncviewer - crashes on fullscreen.
gnome-panel - requires DISPLAY=:0. And if I'm running on a different display than I normally do?

Why?
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motub · Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 3:25 am Post subject:

MrGreen · Apprentice Joined: 07 Nov 2003 Posts: 211

Can you like have aterm start up (when called from hotkey) borderless ? (without decoration)

Or is it a job for Devilspie....

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affinity · n00b Joined: 01 Jul 2004 Posts: 66

MrGreen · Apprentice Joined: 07 Nov 2003 Posts: 211

affinity · n00b Joined: 01 Jul 2004 Posts: 66

Update to >=aterm-0.4.2-r5.

MrGreen · Apprentice Joined: 07 Nov 2003 Posts: 211

Thanks

Mr Green

dat · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 3:05 am Post subject:

Does anyone know how I can change the window font size? Not the titlebar font size, but the actual font that will appear in some windows. For instance, my gaim window (using OB) is waaaaaaay too small.

Thanks

EDIT: The font in gaim is of a normal size in my other wm's.
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beesea · Apprentice Joined: 07 Mar 2003 Posts: 273

you'd have to edit your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 to have something like:

dat · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 12:06 pm Post subject:

Imek · Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 4:48 pm Post subject:

Does anyone know if it is possible to get menu icons in Openbox 3.2? I ask because items in the desktops section in the default menu have icons, so I figured it must somehow be possible for regular menu items.
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rush_ad · Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 7:38 pm Post subject:

as far i as i know, openbox doesnt support menu icons, try using enlightenment for menu icons.

Watchoo · Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 7:52 pm Post subject:

OK, so I am a "HAPPY" OB user.

but there is this one thing bothering me: The maximized windows can't be moved ...

I know someone allready mentioned this here in this thread but I did not find a solution. Is there way to get those maximized windows to move? :roll:

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motub · Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 9:49 pm Post subject:

Move where? How? The window is, after all, maximized, so there should be no room to move it (as there would be if the window did not take up the entire desktop area).

Do you mean to another desktop? If so, you can do that via the titlebar menu (point your mouse cursor at the titlebar and right click), keyboard shortcuts (set in rc.xml), or you can use devilspie to open specific apps on specific desktops.

Otherwise, I'm not quite sure what you mean (and sorry, don't want to re-read this whole thread to find the previous post you might have been referring to).
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Watchoo · Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 8:23 am Post subject:

st3vie · Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 1:32 am Post subject:

i've tried OB3 and i love it

currently setting up a sort of my own theme, and still messing around with menus.

edit: took out the OT question and made a new post

-st3vie

comprookie2000 · Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 1:58 am Post subject:

I love it too!

Here's mine
Just love pypanel!
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comprookie2000 · Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 3:09 am Post subject: Re: Some themes for Openbox 3: