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   1 .TH "OPENBOX" "1"
   2 .SH "NAME"
   3 openbox \(em A minimalistic, highly configurable, next generation window
   4 manager with extensive standards support.
   5 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
   6 .PP
   7 \fBopenbox\fR [\fB\-\-help\fP]  [\fB\-\-version\fP]  [\fB\-\-replace\fP]  [\fB\-\-reconfigure\fP]  [\fB\-\-sm-disable\fP]  [\fB\-\-sync\fP]  [\fB\-\-debug\fP]  [\fB\-\-debug-focus\fP]  [\fB\-\-debug-xinerama\fP]
   8 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
   9 .PP
  10 Openbox is minimalistic, highly configurable, next generation window
  11 manager with extensive standards support.
  12 .PP
  13 You can start Openbox in three ways:
  14 .PP
  15 If you run a display manager such as GDM, you will find 3 entries
  16 in the login session type menu for Openbox:
  17 \fBGNOME/Openbox\fR, \fBKDE/Openbox\fR       and \fBOpenbox\fR. If you want to use Openbox
  18 within GNOME or KDE, you can choose the appropriate entry, and it will
  19 launch GNOME or KDE with Openbox as the window manager.
  20 .PP
  21 The third option at log in, which is \fBOpenbox\fR       without a session manager, uses the \fBopenbox-session\fR       command to start Openbox. On log in, \fBopenbox\fR will
  22 run the ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh script if it exists, and will run
  23 the system-wide script @configdir@/openbox/autostart.sh otherwise. You
  24 may place anything you want to run automatically in those files, for
  25 example:
  26
  27 .PP
  28 .RS
  29 .PP
  30 .nf
  31 xsetroot \-solid grey &
  32 gnome-settings-daemon &
  33 .fi
  34 .RE
  35 .PP
  36 Make sure that each line is followed by a "&" or else the script will
  37 stop there and further commands will not be executed. You can use the
  38 @configdir@/openbox/autostart.sh file as an example for creating your
  39 own.
  40 .PP
  41 The default @configdir@/openbox/autostart.sh runs a number of things
  42 with Openbox.
  43 .PP
  44 Lastly, if you use \fBstartx\fR to launch your X
  45 session, you can set up a ~/.xinitrc file to run
  46 \fBopenbox-session\fR and follow the same directions as
  47 above regarding the autostart.sh file.
  48 .PP
  49 You can use the \fBobconf\fR tool to configure Openbox
  50 easily with a graphical interface, however more in-depth configuration
  51 is possible by editing the configuration files by hand.
  52 .PP
  53 The default configuration and menu files are installed in
  54 @configdir@/openbox/, and the user configuration is placed in
  55 ~/.config/openbox/. You can copy the default configuration and menus
  56 to ~/.config/openbox and edit it to your liking.
  57 .SH "OPTIONS"
  58 .PP
  59 These are the possible options that \fBopenbox\fR accepts:
  60 .IP "\fB\-\-help\fP" 10
  61 Show a summary of the options available.
  62 .IP "\fB\-\-version\fP" 10
  63 Show the version of the program.
  64 .IP "\fB\-\-replace\fP" 10
  65 Replace the currently running window manager.
  66 .IP "\fB\-\-reconfigure\fP" 10
  67 If Openbox is already running on the display, tell it to
  68 reload its configuration.
  69 .IP "\fB\-\-sm-disable\fP" 10
  70 Do not connect to the session manager.
  71 .IP "\fB\-\-sync\fP" 10
  72 Run in synchronous mode (for debugging).
  73 .IP "\fB\-\-debug\fP" 10
  74 Display debugging output.
  75 .IP "\fB\-\-debug-focus\fP" 10
  76 Display debugging output for focus handling.
  77 .IP "\fB\-\-debug-xinerama\fP" 10
  78 Split the display into two fake xinerama regions, if
  79 xinerama is not already enabled. This is for debugging
  80 xinerama support.
  81 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  82 .PP
  83 obconf (1), openbox-session(1), openbox-gnome-session(1),
  84 openbox-kde-session(1).
  85 .PP
  86 The program's full documentation is available on the website:
  87 \fBhttp://icculus.org/openbox/\fP
  88 .PP
  89 Please report bugs to: \fBhttp://bugzilla.icculus.org/
  90 \fP
  91 .\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Thu 17 May 2007, 12:52