[openbox] Move window frame only

[Bruce Hohl]

> have you tried with freenx for remote desktop

Yes, I have FreeNX installed on a database server (accounting system)
and it is excellent.  Even with FreeNX on that server which the Gnome
desktop I use the Gnone (metacity WM) setting "reduced_resources".
With this setting upon window move or resize a frame is moved /
resized the and the window is redrawn at completion of the move /
resize.  Again, this provides a better slow connection experience.

For my present server I only wanted a lightweight desktop and choose
LXDE which uses OpenBox.  The users for this server already have VNC.
With TightVNC or Remmina VNC client set for a low bandwidth connection
the performance is reasonable.  In my experience with remote desktop
connections over low bandwidth connections window moves / resizes are
often painful without some sort of "only move frame" settings.  Not a
make or break feature but nice to have so I thought I would ask.


On 13 October 2010 14:24, Carlos Pita <carlosjosepita at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, have you tried with freenx for remote desktop? It's way faster
> than vnc. A quote from their site:
>
> "It provides near local speed application responsiveness over high
> latency, low bandwidth links"
>
> With a smart enough protocol, moving a window shouldn't imply
> redrawing and resending the visible area in most cases, I guess.
>
> Regards
> --
> Carlos
>
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Dana Jansens <dana at orodu.net> wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Bruce Hohl <brucehohl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> In the rc.xml file the option: <drawContents>no/yes</drawContents>
>>> is nested under <resize> ... </resize> and does not appear to affect
>>> window moves.
>>>
>>> What other options can be added to rc.xml?
>>> Perhaps <move> <drawContents>no</drawContents> </move> :)
>>
>> There's no option for this. There has been previous discussion about
>> it, possibly here, and also in the bugzilla, which you could look at
>> and contribute to.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 13 October 2010 04:16, Vlad George <mail at vlad-george.de> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 09:10:05PM -0400, Bruce Hohl wrote:
>>>>> Hello List, I am using OpenBox (LXDE) from a low bandwidth VNC
>>>>> session. Moving windows around the desktop with contents is slow and
>>>>> choppy. Is there a way to set OpenBox such that only the window frame
>>>> The rc.xml option is:
>>>> "
>>>> <drawContents>no/yes</drawContents>
>>>> "
>>>>> moves and the contents are refreshed at the end of the move?  I do
>>>>> have obconf installed. It has a tab called "Move and Resize" which has
>>>>> a check box for "Update the window contents when resizing". This does
>>>>> not apply to moving a window which is slow and choppy with a VNC
>>>>> connection (even with the VNC client set to 256 colors and low
>>>>> bandwidth connection). The computers are good but the connection is
>>>>> slow.  Thanks for any comments on this.
>>>> Huch, I also tried setting this option to "no" - through obconf and rc.xml - but
>>>> the content is still shown when moving the window.
>>>> I guess this is not intended...
>>>>
>>>> Vlad
>>>>
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