[openbox] Run dialog

[Md Mooktakim Ahmed]

I've tried all those programs.
Either they have other dependencies, or they slower then gmrun.
Anyway, out of those gmrun is the best, thats why i used it as an example.

i use terminals all the time, but sometimes i just want to run something that doesn't
output all the messages in the terminal. Becuase i usually have 2 terminals open
automaticly. sometimes i want to run something like gaim, and i dont want to be bothered
about some locale error, that wasnt found (i dont know if its true, its an example).

The binding keys for every single application, and even the ones i never used before, is
kinda hard and long. i would have to write the bindings down to paper to remember which
key was what. menu's are also long, i dont like editing the menu to add stuff, i also
prefer to use the keyboard.

I dont think adding this one little thing, as an option i might add, would effect
openbox too much. i dont think it will be slowed down or anything.

Creating my own app is a posibility yes.
i was thinking of doing that. But, to be warned i am not the best programmer in the
world.  I dont exactly know too much about C/C++. Also time is another constraint, uni
life :D
but i dont mind building one :D i like the challange.

Eric Shattow:
I dont want to use something other then Openbox, i've been using it for 2 years now,
even using openbox2. I like it very much.

If anyone knows a run dialog that is similar to gmrun, BUT, like openbox3, has no
dependencies other then X11, and, also like OB, its lightning fast.
Then please let me know :D

> 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.
>>
>
> I think that the nice thing about Openbox is that you don't have to be
> limited to some 'integrated' whatever.
>
> If you find gmrun too slow to open, try
>
> grun
> pogo
> gdesklets (still slow and a hog, but would already be open when you
> needed it)
> bblaunch (dunno if it works)
> gkrellmlaunch
> wmdrawer (dockapp)
> wmappl (dockapp)
> fbpanel
> just make a really small gnome custom panel, with just the main menu
> idesk (to put icons on your desktop)
>
> or
>
> bind some keys to launch these applications
>
> or
>
> leave a terminal open (so you can just type program_name &)
>
> or
>
> code a very simple application that doesn't have decorations but accepts
> user input to know which program to run-- gmrun is gpl, so one should be
> able to extract the functionality without the "cruft".
>
> Anyway, the benefit of OB is its flexibility-- but that means sometimes
> you have to try doing things a different way.
>
> Just my 0.02.
>
> Holly
>
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