[openbox] Executing two action commands

[Mikael Magnusson]

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008, Sy Ali wrote:

> http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Help:Actions#Execute
>
> Global Actions > Execute says:
>
> ... no other shell expansions or scripting syntax may be used in the
> command unless they are passed to the sh command. Also, the &
> character must be written as & in order to be parsed correctly.
>
> I need an example of something which needs &
> I need an example of using 'sh'
>
> Is this the method for executing two commands with one hotkey?
>
> I could use a script, but I'd rather have all commands within the xml itself.
>
>
>
> I played around with various && type combinations, but I
> gather that this won't work and I need to use 'sh'.  However, I'm only
> vaguely aware of what that means, and I've been unable to google my
> way to an answer.
>
> I'm trying to do an openbox-compatible version of this:
>
> <keybind key="A-F5">
>  <action name="Execute">
>    <command>openbox --reconfigure && xrefresh</command>
>  </action>
> </keybind>

<keybind key="A-F5">
   <action name="Execute">
     <command>openbox --reconfigure</command>
   </action>
   <action name="Execute">
     <command>xrefresh</command>
   </action
</keybind>

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Mikael Magnusson