[openbox] openbox Digest, Vol 10, Issue 2

[Alexey Korop]

a.pedro.cunha at gmail.com wrote:

> Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 16:33:51 +0000
> From: Ant?nio Pedro Cunha<a.pedro.cunha at gmail.com>
> Subject: [openbox] Keychain labels

> Is there a way to "label" keychains?
> For example, imagine I have a keychain which starts with W-m and
> expects another key... Instead of displaying "W-m" on the corner, it
> would be nice if we could display some arbitrary text... If this is
> not possible, wouldn't it be a good feature? I don't think it would
> bloat openbox anyway :)
>
> <keybind key="W-m" chroot="true" label="Music control">
>    <keybind key="z">
>      <!-- etc -->
>    </keybind>
>    <!-- other keybindings -->
> </keybind>
>
> Cheers,
> Pedro

Hi, Pedro

   IMHO a keychain is a unnecessary feature in Openbox. You may obtain 
the same functionality by defining the named menu and simple hotkey for 
open this menu. The first letters of menu items works as second keys of 
a keychains. This method is more clearly and flexible.

Yours truly Alexey