[openbox] "Command line window"

[Holly Bostick]

Mikael Magnusson wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Holly Bostick wrote:
> 
>> Mikael Magnusson wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>
>> I use gmrun, for example. I just put it in my menu, though (I'm not 
>> all that big on keybindings).
>>
>> Holly
> 
> 
> So you use your mouse to open a program where you type in the command? 
> That sounds suboptimal to me :)
> 
> -- 
> Mikael Magnusson


Yep, that would be me. But maybe I'll make a keybinding for the menu, as 
an intermediate step. I'll recover from mouse dependency one day, I promise.

Holly