[openbox] Req: Make autostart less awkward

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On Sat, 7 Aug 2010 17:08:01 -0700
Dana Jansens <dana at orodu.net> wrote:

> Hi MD,
> 
> On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Cedric Sodhi <manday at gmx.net> wrote:
> > Hello, I've got a small feature request which I bet is quickly implemented,
> > that is to provide a script which is run *AFTER* openbox is loaded. From the
> > wiki I've understood that for all those applications which enhance OB post
> > startup (panels and so forth) one needs to introduce a sleep timeout so they
> > get called once OB has surely loaded.
> >
> > I think I musn't say that this is error prone, unflexible, introduces
> > unessecary delays and is, tmho, utterly unelegant. You could do great work
> > if you could let OB take a startup parameter / config option (cant tell
> > what's more appropriate as I'm new to OB) which designates a script which is
> > supposed to be run after OB has reach stable running status.
> 
> Good news.. this is already the case in our under-development version
> of Openbox.  I've set it up with two scripts for autostart - one for
> setting env variables (which is why autostart runs before openbox in
> the first place) and one for running applications after openbox has
> started.
> 
> Thanks for your input. Cheers,
> Dana

I'm very pleased to read this. It is something that has cause me
problems in the past.

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