[SOLVED] Strange Openbox menu behaviour

Hi,
so, I've searched the forums in order to find a solution for my problem, but not found anythihg that works for me. So, problem is that my openbox menu won't execute any commands that I add to ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml file. After editing that file, I run
openbox --reconfigure
command (no any error messages), but again, it simply won't execute the command that I've written. I have also changed permissions, so that I have read/write access. But, strange is that if I delete menus in menu.xml that I don't need, save those changes, and run reconfigure command, those menus are not any more in openbox menu, just as it should be.
It seems that only commands that I want to execute will not work. I' ve also installed obmenu and tried editing stuff there, but again the same problem-deleting menus works fine, but executing commands not. It is obviously that problem is not in obmenu, but in menu.xml file or somewhere else, but I don't know
where.
So, any ideas? Did someone experienced the same problem and found a solution? All ideas are welcome
Last edited by brunux (2010-05-09 16:32:54)

In my menu.xml all the programs are surrounded by <command></command> tags instead of <execute></execute>tags.
I've tried with your suggestion, but it doesn't work. For example, running firefox works fine with <command></command> tags, but it is the default
part of the code, where I didn't change anything.
<item label="Firefox">
<action name="Execute">
<command>firefox</command>
<startupnotify>
<enabled>yes</enabled>
<wmclass>Firefox</wmclass>
</startupnotify>
</action>
</item>

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Very nice guide got it working almost straight away :-)
Had to restart X in order to get key-binding to work though. And I put /home/username/.icons/archlinux/icons/archlinuxiconcrystal128.png instead of ~/ because somehow I got couldn't find logo error when pypanel started.
BTW sexy pypanel look you have. All the info in your .dotfiles link? will get to it tomorrow I guess. Thanks!
Thanks very much for using my guide and responding!
I will fix that ~/ directory problem and say to use the home directory.
And yes, that configuration is in my .dotfiles at the moment You can follow that link or just grab it here: http://dotfiles.org/~CheesyBeef/.pypanelrc
Thanks again!

Roboto font not available in certain applications and Openbox menu

I have downloaded Roboto TTF font from here and saved it in ~/.fonts.
After downloading it, I ran:
$ fc-cache -vf
After that, I changed the font in lxappearance and obconf and every single application I have tried so far uses it by default now except Openbox menu (window titles seem to work just fine) and Geany.
What can I do to fix this?
I really like the font and pretty much everything runs well except those two.
Note: tried placing those files in /usr/share/fonts/local, but nothing changed.
Last edited by COPE (2013-11-04 07:35:17)

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How to integrate OpenBox menu with Tint?

Having tint shorter than screen width is not an option, because it looks terrible.
Any ideas?

Could you explain a bit more what it is exactly you're trying to accomplish. How are you trying to integrate the openbox menu with tint?
For example: right-clicking free space on tint panel brings up OB menu.
Current workaround works (tint not stretched to screen width - I'm clicking empty space on sides of tint panel) but I was hoping for more "elegant" solution.
According to tint manual:
"3.7 Mouse
customize mouse action with : none, close, toggle, iconify, shade, toggle_iconify
mouse_middle = none
mouse_right = close
mouse_scroll_up = toggle
mouse_scroll_down = iconify"
Why not just use the hotkey to bring up the openbox menu?
Not being able to do everyday tasks efficiently with a mouse is a big no-no.
Besides that, combo of OB + Tint + Trayer is great.
Last edited by mute (2008-10-10 22:42:56)

[SOLVED] Strange Openbox menu behaviour

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