Re: Suggested Openbox hotkey functions
On Wed, 8 Oct 2014 00:24:45 +0300
Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Identify this desktop
> > >
> > > Is this possible? I can't find the action mentioned in the docs
> > > (but I might be missing it)
> >
> > It exploits a mistake in Openbox. As far as I know, with Openbox you
> > can't have a 2 dimensional grid of desktops the way you can in
> > fvwm, so the "desktop up" command is useless and does nothing.
> > Well, nothing except tell you the number of your current desktop.
> > Which is quite useful. :-)
>
> Try again...
> http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:FAQ#How_do_I_put_my_desktops_into_a_grid_layout_instead_of_a_single_row.3F
Confirmed! I had been using Openbox without a "pager", and so got only
one row of workspaces. I downloaded, compiled, and ran the 52 line
"setlayout.c" program on the page you referenced, and was able to get a
two dimensional array. Thanks for the info.
Now I just need to decide whether having a 2D array of workspaces will
benefit me.
> > >
> > > > Exec Dmenu
> > >
> > > Hmm?
> >
> > Yes. dmenu is the best, fastest, and most general way to execute GUI
> > programs, or shellscripts that execute CLI programs in a GUI
> > terminal. It makes xfce4-appfinder look like a 300 year old snail
> > who must use a walker to get around.
> >
> > http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/
>
> But it's not a dependency (or even Recommends) of openbox, so I don't
> see any reason to have default key bindings for it.
Oh, I wasn't recommending a default keybinding. I was suggesting anyone
who uses Openbox also install dmenu, and set a keybinding that's
convenient to them. Openbox and dmenu are like apples and cinnamon:
Good individually, spectacular together.
>
> > >
> > > By default mouse only as far as I can tell.
> >
> > Yes, mouse only by default, and that's a shame, because
> > client-list-combined-menu is by far the most valuable functionality
> > built into Openbox. If dwm had this same functionality, I'd be
> > using dwm today. Without this functionality in Openbox, I'd be
> > using LXDE today.
>
> You lost me here... LXDE is using Openbox by default, even though it
> doesn't Depends on it (but it does on obconf ;)
Here's the logic:
a) Without client-list-combined menu functionality, I'd need a taskbar
to prevent my getting lost.
b) If I must have a taskbar, I might as well use LXDE, which is a
small, ultra-reliable taskbar type interface. I've added panels
(taskbars) to Openbox, and it was kind of like bolting a drillpress
to a car: it's messier than it's worth, and doesn't work all that
well, and is rather memory consuming.
Thanks,
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
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