[openbox] How do I get programs to start undecorated

Erik Bourget erik at midmaine.com
Sun Jan 18 21:52:29 EST 2004


Marius Nita <marius at cs.pdx.edu> writes:

> On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 02:00:47PM -0800, Brett Campbell wrote:
>> well apparently grammatical punctuation is also a struggle, my friend.
>> but have hope; for i am not one that i should slander you because of
>> your ignorance for the patch(1) utility.
>> 
>> :-)
>> 
>> download the wmctrl utility from http://sweb.cz/tripie/utils/wmctrl/
>> 
>> untar the source and copy the patch to the new wmctrl-1.xx directory.
>> apply the patch by command of `patch < wmctrl_undecorated.patch`
>> 
>> you should see "patching file main.c" and nothing else.
>> 
>> run `./configure && make` as usual.
>> 
>> typing `wmctrl -h` you should now see the extra <STARG> 'undecorated'.
>> 
>> now go, and study the patch(1) manual page.  the -p switch is often times
>> used for many other patches you will have need of.
>> 
>> share your knowledge with others, as i have you.
>> 
>> InJoy,
>> 
>> B
>
> You are the reason open source sucks.

<insert quip about go-use-KDE>




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