Re: want to revert back to gnome classic mode.

[Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com>]

On Fri, 23 May 2014 17:42:44 +0200
filip <filip@fbvnet.be> wrote:

> Openbox works very well. It's not a complete desktop environment of
> course, just one component, so you will need to pick and choose the
> applications to make it a workable environment. Which is actually a
> good thing because the application that are part of a desktop
> environment are usually somewhat poor.
> 
> You can run tint2 to provide replace the taskbar/system tray/desktop
> pager functionality.
> 
> feh to set the root window to a nice background image.
> 
> xfe is a fast and easy to use file manager (not based on Gtk or Qt,
> and not even on Fltk but on the somewhat unknown Fox toolkit)
> 
> wmctrl is a very useful tool to use in rc.xml for fast fast switching
> between applications:
> 
> For example: 
>     <keybind key="W-e">
>       <action name="Execute">
>          <command>wmctrl -x -a "emacs.Emacs"</command>
>       </action>
>     </keybind>
> 
> Switches to the desktop where emacs is running, and focuses the window
> in one keypress.

Thanks Filip,

This email is a great resource, and when I switch back from Xfce to
Openbox I'll refer to it often.

Thanks,

SteveT

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