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README for Openbox:
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The source tree for Openbox is comprised of five subdirectories:
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data/ - this holds the default data files that Openbox
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requires for proper operation.
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doc/ - this holds the documentation files that explain
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the various aspects of Openbox.
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nls/ - this holds the message files used to generate
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message catalogs for different languages.
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src/ - this holds the actual C++ source code for the window
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manager.
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util/ - this holds source code for small utility programs
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that help Openbox do what it does best.
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Quick Start:
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------------
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The quickest and easiest way to get Openbox up and running is to run the
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following commands:
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2002-06-04 03:24:15 +00:00
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% cd openbox-x.x.x
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% ./configure
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% make
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% su -c 'make install'
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This will configure, compile and install Openbox the quickest. For those
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who like to spend the extra 15 seconds reading ./configure --help, some
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compile time options can be turned on and off before the build.
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For general information on GNU's ./configure, see the file INSTALL.
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Configuring Openbox:
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---------------------
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The next thing most users want to do after installing Openbox is to configure
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the colors, fonts, menus, etc. to their liking. This is covered by the files
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data/README, data/README.menu and data/README.style. These files give
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detailed information on how to customize your new window manager.
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Included utilities:
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Currently, the only included utilities are a program named bsetroot and a
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script called bsetbg. bsetroot is a replacement for xsetroot, minus a few
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options. The difference between xsetroot and bsetroot is that bsetroot has
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been coded for multiple screens (e.g. multi-headed displays), where as the
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stock xsetroot is not. The bsetbg script acts as a wrapper for most of the
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popular programs used to set background pixmaps, making it possible
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for styles to provide a machine-independent rootCommand.
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Third-party utilities:
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Openbox does not handle any keyboard shortcuts; instead it supports a
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communication protocol which allows other programs to handle these and related
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tasks. If you'd like to be able to use keyboard shortcuts with Openbox,
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bbkeys (available at http://bbkeys.sourceforge.net) can provide you with this
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functionality.
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If you're looking for a GUI with which to configure your Openbox menu and/or
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styles, check out http://bbconf.sourceforge.net. bbconf is a QT program that
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does just that, as well as providing a GUI for editing your keybindings for the
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above mentioned bbkeys.
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Supported Platforms:
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--------------------
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ix86-Linux 2.0.x (libc5 and glibc2)
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ix86-Linux 2.1.x (libc5 and glibc2)
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ix86-Linux 2.2.x (libc5 and glibc2)
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ix86-Linux 2.3.x (glibc2.1)
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ix86-Linux 2.4.x (glibc2.2)
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ix86-FreeBSD 4.0-current
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ix86-FreeBSD 3.3-{stable,release}
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ix86-FreeBSD 3.2-{stable,release}
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ix86-FreeBSD 3.1-{stable,release}
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ix86-FreeBSD 2.2.x-stable
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ix86-NetBSD 1.3.3
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ix86-NetBSD 1.4.1
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ix86-OpenBSD 2.6
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ix86-BSDi 4.0
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PPC-mkLinux (version?)
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ix86-Solaris 2.6
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Sparc-Solaris 2.6 (2.5 anyone?)
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Sparc-Solaris 2.7
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ix86-Solaris 7 (== 2.7?)
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Alpha-Digital UNIX 4.0D
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Alpha-Linux 2.2.x
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rs6k-AIX 4.1.3
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rs6k-AIX 4.3.2
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MIPS-IRIX 6.5 (requires gcc, MIPSpro didn't like some of the template-fu)
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ix86-OS/2 (version? recent successes?)
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hp9000/715-HP/UX 10.20 (with egcs 1.1.1)
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Please email ben@orodu.net for other success reports.
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