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Nz_Boy_2004 05-11-2004 08:32 PM
Openbox help please!
 
Hi ive been using fluxbox before but now its decided to give up on me so im trying openbox ( I wanted to try other X windows mangers anyway ) the ./configure went good the make went good and so did the make install so i exited KDE and started openbox nothing comes up other then this termanil saying this.

Warning: failed to load external entity :
" /home/sam/.config/openbox/rc.xml "
" /etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml "
" /home/sam/.config/openbox/menu.xml "
" /etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml "

And thats my problem i can right click in it to get the koncol up to type commands in but thats pretty much it, i guess openbox like black and fluxbox are simerlar feel etc, im using slackware 9.1 if you needed to know.

Regards Sam.

P.S. Dont help on flux ive got a thred about that all ready and it seems to have died.


PLEASE Help, cant handle having to use kde, so boring.

mikshaw 05-11-2004 10:10 PM
It seems like you just need to create an rc and a menu. Unfortunately I don't have any experience with openbox, and it apparently uses a different format for its configuration files, so i can't help any more than that. Man openbox might help with the syntax of these files.

Nz_Boy_2004 05-12-2004 12:25 AM
Ive found the files put there not were openbox is trying to get them for the paths are completely wroung, well i dont know anything about openbox as well so thats why i need help please help.

vinay_s_s 05-12-2004 01:48 AM
well u will need to edit the menu.xml file for creating menu-entries and stuff
as for rc.xml, do urself a favour and "obconf", its a gooey thats used to configure ob3

thegnu 05-31-2004 05:09 PM
Try copying the files from where you found them to where OB is looking for them. The default location for the menu and rc file is ~/.config/openbox/

The files are just plain XML

my rc.xml
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- Do not edit this file, it will be overwritten on install.
        Copy the file to $HOME/.config/openbox/ instead. -->
<openbox_config xmlns="http://openbox.org/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://openbox.org/                file:///usr/share/openbox/rc.xsd">

<resistance>
  <strength>10</strength>
  <screen_edge_strength>20</screen_edge_strength>
</resistance>

<focus>
  <focusNew>yes</focusNew>
  <followMouse>no</followMouse>
  <focusLast>no</focusLast>
  <focusDelay>0</focusDelay>
  <raiseOnFocus>no</raiseOnFocus>
</focus>

<theme>
  <name>Allegro</name>
  <titlelayout>NLIMC</titlelayout>
</theme>

<placement>
  <policy>Smart</policy>
</placement>

<desktops>
  <number>4</number>
  <firstdesk>1</firstdesk>
  <names>
    <name>one</name>
    <name>two</name>
    <name>three</name>
    <name>four</name>
  </names>
</desktops>

<resize>
  <drawContents>yes</drawContents>
</resize>

<dock>
  <position>Top</position>
  <stacking>Top</stacking>
  <direction>Vertical</direction>
  <floatingX>0</floatingX>
  <floatingY>0</floatingY>
  <autoHide>no</autoHide>
  <hideDelay>300</hideDelay>
  <moveButton>A-Left</moveButton>
</dock>

<keyboard>
  <chainQuitKey>C-g</chainQuitKey>

  <keybind key="A-F10">
    <action name="MaximizeFull"/>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="A-F5">
    <action name="UnmaximizeFull"/>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="A-F12">
    <action name="ToggleShade"/>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="C-A-Left">
    <action name="DesktopLeft"><wrap>no</wrap></action>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="C-A-Right">
    <action name="DesktopRight"><wrap>no</wrap></action>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="C-A-Up">
    <action name="DesktopUp"><wrap>no</wrap></action>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="C-A-Down">
    <action name="DesktopDown"><wrap>no</wrap></action>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="S-A-Left">
    <action name="SendToDesktopLeft"><wrap>no</wrap></action>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="S-A-Right">
    <action name="SendToDesktopRight"><wrap>no</wrap></action>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="S-A-Up">
    <action name="SendToDesktopUp"><wrap>no</wrap></action>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="S-A-Down">
    <action name="SendToDesktopDown"><wrap>no</wrap></action>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="C-A-d">
    <action name="ToggleShowDesktop"/>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="A-F4">
    <action name="Close"/>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="A-Tab">
    <action name="NextWindow"/>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="A-S-Tab">
    <action name="PreviousWindow"/>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="A-F7">
    <action name="Move"/>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="A-F8">
    <action name="Resize"/>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="A-F9">
    <action name="Iconify"/>
  </keybind>
  <keybind key="A-space">
    <action name="ShowMenu"><menu>client-menu</menu></action>
  </keybind>
</keyboard>

<mouse>
  <dragThreshold>3</dragThreshold>
  <doubleClickTime>200</doubleClickTime>

  <context name="Frame">
    <mousebind button="A-Left" action="Drag">
      <action name="Move"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Left" action="Click">
      <action name="Raise"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Left" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Middle" action="Drag">
      <action name="Resize"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Middle" action="Click">
      <action name="Lower"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Right" action="Press">
      <action name="ShowMenu"><menu>client-menu</menu></action>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Up" action="Click">
      <action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Down" action="Click">
      <action name="DesktopNext"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="C-A-Up" action="Click">
      <action name="SendToDesktopPrevious"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="C-A-Down" action="Click">
      <action name="SendToDesktopNext"/>
    </mousebind>
  </context>
  <context name="Titlebar">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
      <action name="Move"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Click">
      <action name="Raise"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="DoubleClick">
      <action name="ToggleShade"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Middle" action="Press">
      <action name="Lower"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Up" action="Click">
      <action name="Shade"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Down" action="Click">
      <action name="Unshade"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
      <action name="ShowMenu"><menu>client-menu</menu></action>
    </mousebind>
  </context>
  <context name="Handle">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
      <action name="Move"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Click">
      <action name="Raise"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Middle" action="Press">
      <action name="Lower"/>
    </mousebind>
  </context>
  <context name="BLCorner">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
      <action name="Resize"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
    </mousebind>
  </context>
  <context name="BRCorner">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
      <action name="Resize"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
    </mousebind>
  </context>
  <context name="TLCorner">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
      <action name="Resize"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
    </mousebind>
  </context>
  <context name="TRCorner">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
      <action name="Resize"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
    </mousebind>
  </context>
  <context name="Client">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
      <action name="Raise"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Middle" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
    </mousebind>
  </context>
  <context name="Icon">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
      <action name="ShowMenu"><menu>client-menu</menu></action>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
      <action name="ShowMenu"><menu>client-menu</menu></action>
    </mousebind>
  </context>
  <context name="AllDesktops">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Click">
      <action name="ToggleOmnipresent"/>
    </mousebind>
  </context>
  <context name="Shade">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Click">
      <action name="ToggleShade"/>
    </mousebind>
  </context>
  <context name="Iconify">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Click">
      <action name="Iconify"/>
    </mousebind>
  </context>
  <context name="Maximize">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Middle" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Click">
      <action name="ToggleMaximizeFull"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Middle" action="Click">
      <action name="ToggleMaximizeVert"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Right" action="Click">
      <action name="ToggleMaximizeHorz"/>
    </mousebind>
  </context>
  <context name="Close">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Click">
      <action name="Close"/>
    </mousebind>
  </context>
  <context name="Desktop">
    <mousebind button="Up" action="Press">
      <action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Down" action="Press">
      <action name="DesktopNext"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Up" action="Press">
      <action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Down" action="Press">
      <action name="DesktopNext"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
      <action name="Raise"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Middle" action="Press">
      <action name="ShowMenu"><menu>client-list-menu</menu></action>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
      <action name="ShowMenu"><menu>root-menu</menu></action>
    </mousebind>
  </context>
  <context name="MoveResize">
    <mousebind button="Up" action="Press">
      <action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Down" action="Press">
      <action name="DesktopNext"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Up" action="Press">
      <action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Down" action="Press">
      <action name="DesktopNext"/>
    </mousebind>
  </context>
</mouse>

<menu>
  <!-- You can specify more than one menu file in here and they are all loaded,
      just don't make menu ids clash or, well, it'll be kind of pointless -->

  <!-- default menu file (or custom one in $HOME/.config/openbox/) -->
  <file>menu.xml</file>
</menu>

</openbox_config>
my menu.xml
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<openbox_menu xmlns="http://openbox.org/"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://openbox.org/
        file:///afs/sipb.mit.edu/user/dmaze/share/openbox/menu.xsd">

<menu id="games-menu" label="Games">
  <item label="Crack-Attack">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>crack-attack</execute></action>
  </item>
  <item label="XFRisk">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>xfrisk</execute></action>
  </item>
  <item label="Quake III">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>quake3</execute></action>
  </item>
</menu>

<menu id="net-menu" label="Internet">
  <item label="Firefox">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>mozilla-firefox</execute></action>
  </item>
  <item label="Thunderbird">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>mozilla-thunderbird</execute></action>
  </item> 
  <item label="Gaim">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>gaim</execute></action>
  </item>
</menu>

<menu id="design-menu" label="Design">
  <item label="Bluefish">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>bluefish</execute></action>
  </item>
  <item label="Gimp">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>gimp</execute></action>
  </item>
</menu>



<menu id="root-menu" label="Openbox 3">
  <item label="Xterm">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>xterm</execute></action>
  </item>
  <item label="Rox">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>rox</execute></action>
  </item>
  <menu id="net-menu" />
  <menu id="design-menu" />
  <separator />
  <menu id="client-list-menu" />
  <separator />
  <item label="ObConf">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>obconf</execute></action>
  </item>
  <item label="Reconfigure">
    <action name="Reconfigure" />
  </item>
  <separator />
  <item label="Exit">
    <action name="Exit" />
  </item>
</menu>

</openbox_menu>


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