[openbox] 'Command line window'

Md Mooktakim Ahmed Mooktakim at hotmail.com
Sun Sep 5 10:15:43 EDT 2004


> On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Juergen Arndt wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm new to OB and after reading the docs and looking around through the
>> net, there is questions left.
>>
>> Is there a possibility to popup a small "command line window", from
>> where you can start any program you want by typing in the name (and
>> parametres)? In other window managers / desktop environments mostly you
>> get this with the shortcut "Alt-F2". I find it very convinient to start
>> applications - especially ones with short names :) - in that way without
>> clicking through menus or starting a terminal for the command line
>> first. Maybe OB has this feature and i just missed it?
>>
>> Have a nice sunday, Juergen
>
> You'll need to install some small program that lets you run commands, and
> bind that program to a key.
>
> --
> Mikael Magnusson
>
>

Try bbrun
it works great.
I setup OB3 so that F1 key runs "bbrun -aw".
http://www.darkops.net/bbrun/

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