[RELEASE] Openbox 3.4.6 and ObConf 2.0.3

Dana Jansens danakj at orodu.net
Sat Feb 2 12:53:45 EST 2008


Openbox 3.4.6 and ObConf 2.0.3 have been released for mass consumption!

This Openbox release introduces a new look! The Clearlooks theme has
been updated to match the latest GTK Clearlooks engine. As well
Openbox and ObConf are both sporting shiny new icons.

Translations have been updated for both Openbox and ObConf, as well as
some new ones, including:

    * New Basque translation for Openbox
    * New Norwegian translation for ObConf
    * New Turkish translation for ObConf

Also included in this Openbox release are a number of new features:

    * The "NextWindow", "PreviousWindow", and "DirectionalFocus*"
actions have two new options: "raise" and "bar". The "raise" option
will temporarily raise windows to the front of the screenas you cycle
through them, and the "bar" option allows you to turn off the focus
cycling target indicator. These options are described in the
documentation here:
http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Help:Actions#NextWindow
    * A new <monitor> option for window placement, which gives you the
option to place new windows on the active monitor, or the monitor
where the mouse is, instead of on any monitor (for Xinerama/TwinView
multi-monitor setups)
    * New options for placing the window move/resize coordinates
window in a fixed position on screen, rather than relative to the
window being moved or resized
    * Application windows which support the appropriate protocols will
now show [Not Responding] in their titlebars when the application has
frozen up. By closing the window while the [Not Responding] message is
visible, Openbox will kill the window's process, allowing you to kill
frozen applications without dropping to the command line. If the
window still won't close after the first try, a further close attempt
will use kill -9.
    * We added a new <wmclass> option for the execute action's
startup-notification. This lets you tell Openbox that the application
will map a window with the specified class - for applications that do
not support startup-notification natively. This new option is desribed
in the documentation here:
http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Help:Actions#Startup_notification
    * A new --config-file command line option, which can be used to
load an alternate configuration file. ObConf 2.0.3 will automatically
open the same configuration file.

For Openbox 3.4.6, we have also made a large number of usability
improvements under the hood, especially for Xinerama/TwinView
desktops, and fixed a number of bugs.

The ObConf 2.0.3 release has a whole new look, with the tabs moved
over to the side of the window. This release adds support for all of
the latest features introduced in Openbox 3.4.4, 3.4.5, and 3.4.6.

Full changelogs can be found here:

Openbox - http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Openbox:Changelog#3.4.6

ObConf - http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/ObConf:Changelog#2.0.3

Downloads are available from the website:
http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Openbox:Download



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