[openbox] Lanching applications with openbox

[Christopher Knox]

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> On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 01:30:44AM +0200, Mikael Magnusson wrote:
> > On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Christopher Knox wrote:
> > >I was wondering if it is possible to start applications automatically wh=
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> > >openbox starts - for example gkrellm. I looked at the rc.xml and rx.xsd=
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> > >file and it was not obvious (to me) how to do it.
> > Openbox is a window manager, not a session manager.
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> In other words, you need to put the commands in ~/.xsession.  E.g.:
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> #!/bin/sh
> gkrellm &
> exec /usr/bin/openbox
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> (assuming your display manager is properly configured to run .xsession).
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Thanks for the clarification about openbox's function - and the help with how to autostart apps elsewhere.

I have an additional question (which I hope is about window managers) - How can I have certain applications (gkrellm) always start with the decoration (title, maximise, minimise buttons) toggled off?

Cheers
Chris