[openbox] can I save the order of dockapps in the slit?

[Mads Martin Joergensen]

On Dec 15, 2002, Jon wrote:
> 
> I am quite new to Linux and window managers. I have got a few dockapps
> going that start in ~/.xinitrc. I am wondering whether I can set the
> order in which these apps appear in the slit? All I know is that they
> don't load in the same order they are listed in .xinitrc. I searched for
> this but only found that fluxbox can do it.

A colleague of mine wrote this script I use personally. Maybe something
more generic but similar should be included in the Openbox distribution?

--- begin slit.sh ---

#!/bin/bash
# slit -- Christopher Mahmood <ckm at suse.com>
# creates the slit thing in Blackbox.
# Only only aimed at die-hard windowmaker/afterstep fans, and manual
# compilation of some apps might be needed.
#
# This is the mmj version

if [ ! "$(basename $WINDOWMANAGER)" = "blackbox" ]; then
  echo "This only works with blackbox--Please set \$WINDOWMANAGER"
  exit 1
fi

declare -a apps
apps[5]="wmweather -s EKOD -metric -mmHg -beaufort"
apps[4]="wmfire -B"
apps[3]="wmcalclock -24"
#apps[2]="asload -withdrawn -shape -u 1"
apps[2]="bbpager -w"
apps[1]="bbmail -w"

num_apps=${#apps[@]}

case "$1" in
  start)
      while [ $num_apps -gt 0 ]; do
        ${apps[$num_apps]} &
	sleep 1
        let "num_apps -= 1"
      done
    ;;

  stop)
      while [ $num_apps -gt 0 ]; do
	killall $(echo ${apps[$num_apps]} | awk '{print $1}') &
        let "num_apps -= 1"
      done
      
    ;;
  restart)
      $0 stop
      $0 start
      ;;
  *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
        exit 1
      ;;
esac

exit 0

-- 
Mads Martin Jørgensen, http://mmj.dk
"Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic
 and totally illogic, with just a little bit more effort?"
                                -- A. P. J.