Help:Using Openbox in GNOME
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== Starting Openbox with GNOME == | == Starting Openbox with GNOME == | ||
| − | [[Image:LoginOptions.png|right|thumb|The GNOME/Openbox option when logging in]] | + | [[Image:LoginOptions.png|right|thumb|Figure 1: The GNOME/Openbox option when logging in]] |
To log into the GNOME desktop environment with Openbox as your window manager, select the "GNOME/Openbox" | To log into the GNOME desktop environment with Openbox as your window manager, select the "GNOME/Openbox" | ||
option when logging in through GDM, which you can see in Figure 1. | option when logging in through GDM, which you can see in Figure 1. | ||
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== Accessing gnome-panel with key bindings == | == Accessing gnome-panel with key bindings == | ||
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If you are using gnome-panel in Openbox and want to access it with key bindings, you can use the <code>gnome-panel-control</code> program (which is a part of Openbox) to do so. | If you are using gnome-panel in Openbox and want to access it with key bindings, you can use the <code>gnome-panel-control</code> program (which is a part of Openbox) to do so. | ||
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| + | [[Image:GnomeMenuInOpenbox.png|left|thumb|Figure 2: The gnome-panel main menu]] | ||
Just add that to the <keyboard> section of your <code>rc.xml</code> [[Help:Config file| configuration file]], and change the keys to match your preferences. The keys shown are the defaults used by Metacity, the default window manager for GNOME. | Just add that to the <keyboard> section of your <code>rc.xml</code> [[Help:Config file| configuration file]], and change the keys to match your preferences. The keys shown are the defaults used by Metacity, the default window manager for GNOME. | ||
Revision as of 20:23, 18 May 2007
Starting Openbox with GNOME
To log into the GNOME desktop environment with Openbox as your window manager, select the "GNOME/Openbox" option when logging in through GDM, which you can see in Figure 1.
If you don't use a graphical log in, you can use the openbox-gnome-session command to start a GNOME session with Openbox as your window manager.
Accessing gnome-panel with key bindings
If you are using gnome-panel in Openbox and want to access it with key bindings, you can use the gnome-panel-control program (which is a part of Openbox) to do so.
Here is an example of two bindings to pop up the gnome-panel's main menu, and to pop up the "Run" dialog:
<keybind key="A-F1">
<action name="execute"><execute>gnome-panel-control --main-menu</execute></action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="A-F2">
<action name="execute"><execute>gnome-panel-control --run-dialog</execute></action>
</keybind>
Just add that to the <keyboard> section of your rc.xml configuration file, and change the keys to match your preferences. The keys shown are the defaults used by Metacity, the default window manager for GNOME.
