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  19   <!ENTITY dhsection   "<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>">
  20   <!ENTITY dhucpackage "<refentrytitle>OPENBOX</refentrytitle>">
  21   <!ENTITY dhpackage   "openbox">
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  24 <refentry>
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  26     &dhucpackage;
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  28     &dhsection;
  29   </refmeta>
  30   <refnamediv>
  31     <refname>&dhpackage;</refname>
  32
  33     <refpurpose>Next generation, highly configurable window manager
  34       </refpurpose>
  35   </refnamediv>
  36   <refsynopsisdiv>
  37     <cmdsynopsis>
  38       <command>&dhpackage;</command>
  39       <arg><option>--help</option></arg>
  40       <arg><option>--version</option></arg>
  41       <arg><option>--replace</option></arg>
  42       <arg><option>--reconfigure</option></arg>
  43       <arg><option>--sm-disable</option></arg>
  44       <arg><option>--sync</option></arg>
  45       <arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
  46       <arg><option>--debug-focus</option></arg>
  47       <arg><option>--debug-xinerama</option></arg>
  48     </cmdsynopsis>
  49   </refsynopsisdiv>
  50   <refsect1>
  51     <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
  52
  53     <para>Openbox is a next generation, highly
  54       configurable window manager. Openbox is compliant with the
  55       latest window manager standards.</para>
  56
  57     <para>You can start Openbox in three ways:</para>
  58
  59     <para>If you run a display manager such as GDM, you will find 3 entries
  60       in the login session type menu for Openbox:
  61       <command>GNOME/Openbox</command>, <command>KDE/Openbox</command>
  62       and <command>Openbox</command>. If you want to use Openbox
  63       within GNOME or KDE, you can choose the appropriate entry, and it will
  64       launch GNOME or KDE with Openbox as the window manager.</para>
  65
  66     <para>The third option at log in, which is <command>Openbox</command>
  67       without a session manager, uses the <command>openbox-session</command>
  68       command to start Openbox. On log in, <command>&dhpackage;</command> will
  69       run the ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh script if it exists, and will run
  70       the system-wide script @configdir@/openbox/autostart.sh otherwise. You
  71       may place anything you want to run automatically in those files, for
  72       example:
  73       </para>
  74
  75     <blockquote><literallayout>
  76       xsetroot -solid grey &
  77       gnome-settings-daemon &</literallayout></blockquote>
  78
  79     <para>Make sure that each line is followed by a "&" or else the script will
  80       stop there and further commands will not be executed. You can use the
  81       @configdir@/openbox/autostart.sh file as an example for creating your
  82       own.</para>
  83
  84     <para>The default @configdir@/openbox/autostart.sh runs a number of things
  85       with Openbox.</para>
  86
  87     <para>Lastly, if you use <command>startx</command> to launch your X
  88       session, you can set up a ~/.xinitrc file to run
  89       <command>openbox-session</command> and follow the same directions as
  90       above regarding the autostart.sh file.</para>
  91
  92     <para>You can use the <command>obconf</command> tool to configure Openbox
  93       easily with a graphical interface, however more in-depth configuration
  94       is possible by editing the configuration files by hand. Please note that
  95       <command>obconf</command> older than version 2.0 may not work at all
  96       for you.</para>
  97
  98     <para>The default configuration and menu files are installed in
  99       @configdir@/openbox/, and the user configuration is placed in
 100       ~/.config/openbox/. You can copy the default configuration and menus
 101       to ~/.config/openbox and edit it to your liking.</para>
 102   </refsect1>
 103   <refsect1>
 104     <title>OPTIONS</title>
 105
 106     <para>These are the possible options that <command>&dhpackage;</command> accepts:</para>
 107     <variablelist>
 108       <varlistentry>
 109         <term><option>--help</option></term>
 110         <listitem>
 111           <para>Show a summary of the options available.</para>
 112         </listitem>
 113       </varlistentry>
 114       <varlistentry>
 115         <term><option>--version</option></term>
 116         <listitem>
 117           <para>Show the version of the program.</para>
 118         </listitem>
 119       </varlistentry>
 120       <varlistentry>
 121         <term><option>--replace</option></term>
 122         <listitem>
 123           <para>Replace the currently running window manager.</para>
 124         </listitem>
 125       </varlistentry>
 126       <varlistentry>
 127         <term><option>--reconfigure</option></term>
 128         <listitem>
 129           <para>If Openbox is already running on the display, tell it to
 130             reload its configuration.</para>
 131         </listitem>
 132       </varlistentry>
 133       <varlistentry>
 134         <term><option>--sm-disable</option></term>
 135         <listitem>
 136           <para>Do not connect to the session manager.</para>
 137         </listitem>
 138       </varlistentry>
 139       <varlistentry>
 140         <term><option>--sync</option></term>
 141         <listitem>
 142           <para>Run in synchronous mode (for debugging).</para>
 143         </listitem>
 144       </varlistentry>
 145       <varlistentry>
 146         <term><option>--debug</option></term>
 147         <listitem>
 148           <para>Display debugging output.</para>
 149         </listitem>
 150       </varlistentry>
 151       <varlistentry>
 152         <term><option>--debug-focus</option></term>
 153         <listitem>
 154           <para>Display debugging output for focus handling.</para>
 155         </listitem>
 156       </varlistentry>
 157       <varlistentry>
 158         <term><option>--debug-xinerama</option></term>
 159         <listitem>
 160           <para>Split the display into two fake xinerama regions, if
 161             xinerama is not already enabled. This is for debugging
 162             xinerama support.</para>
 163         </listitem>
 164       </varlistentry>
 165     </variablelist>
 166   </refsect1>
 167   <refsect1>
 168     <title>SEE ALSO</title>
 169
 170     <para>obconf (1), openbox-gnome-session (1), openbox-kde-session (1).
 171       </para>
 172
 173     <para>The program's full documentation is available on the website:
 174       <literal>http://openbox.org/</literal></para>
 175
 176     <para>Please report bugs to: <literal>http://bugzilla.icculus.org/
 177       </literal></para>
 178   </refsect1>
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