[openbox] Run dialog

Eric Shattow shadow at serverart.org
Thu Jan 13 18:01:24 EST 2005


I hear WindowMaker is stable again.

...and NetWM compliant.

I'm too lazy to try it again, there's nothing WRONG with OpenBox3.  No 
reason except added features to be trying anything else.

 -Eric

Md Mooktakim Ahmed wrote:

>I would be very happy if some kind of run dialog box would be integrated into openbox.
>The reason i say this is becuase at the moment i use http://gmrun.sourceforge.net/
>Its great, its absolutely fantastic.
>But there is one little problem that annoys me.
>Its slow.
>
>Openbox is a great WM. One of the biggest reason i use it because its lightning fast.
>
>However, gmrun, being a GTK app its very slow to load up.
>
>I think if a run dialog, much like gmrun, would be integrated into openbox, maybe have
>it loaded in the background ALL the time, then i could have a dialog box that opens up
>instantly when i press my keybinding.
>
>gmrun has a lot of delay the first time i run it. It gets faster after that, however it
>slows even further when there's a lot of load.
>
>I know that the openbox devs feel that its a WM, therefore it doesn't need a run dialog
>box. Some other app will handle it. I appreciate that, i prefer that thinking my self.
>Becuase i use lots of other apps, to make my life in openbox easier, (eg: devils, its a
>fantastic program). But i just cant find a good app that'l replace a good builtin run
>dialog box.
>
>Anyway, just want to see what other people think.
>
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