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On 01/24/2014 10:46 PM, James wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> Well, I took the plunge and put LXDE and openbox on a FX-8350 |
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> with 32 gig of ram. KDE was just too much of a pig and I got |
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> tired of spending hours and hours of researching what had changes....ymmv. |
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> So I'm lov'n LXDE _ openbox, although I do have to go out and |
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> parse the scant documentation available. So I'll just post what |
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> I want. I set up my desktop manually, just the way I like it. |
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> I basically have 2 problems. |
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> 1. All of the software I install, only a few things are picked up |
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> by openbox into the menu and submenus. Is there a simple app |
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> I can add and run to pick up all of those apps into the openbox |
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> menu? What I have read seems confusing, as there are menu files |
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> all over the user and /etc/xdg dir structures? Advise? |
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I recommend x11-misc/obmenugen |
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but there are others like x11-misc/openbox-menu as well |
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> 2. In the ~/.config/lxsessions/LXDE/autostart file, I have: |
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> @lxpanel --profile LXDE |
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> @pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE |
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> @xscreensaver -no-splash |
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> seamonkey |
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> thunderbird |
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> @lxterminal |
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> I have 4 differnt lxterminal sessions, each with 6 windows. I do not |
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> see how this single line "lxtermial" can remember all 4 window locations |
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> and the 6 tabs under each window; so how do I config this so |
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> ti all comes up on logout/login or and reboots? |
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> James |
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You might want to have a look at x11-terms/terminator which lets you |
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configure complex terminal profiles. |
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also mind the <applications> settings in openbox rc.xml where you can |
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define how and where new windows are placed |
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