[openbox] Disappearing menus

[Johan Vromans]

On Tue, 27 Oct 2015 20:48:12 +0200
TT <turkuting at gmail.com> wrote:

> i guess you're talking about this:

Yes.

> i don't know what these terms-menu, exec-menu, client-menu are.
> are you sure they exist?

Yes, they are defined in a separate file, included via 

    <file>/home/jv/XStart/phoenix.squirrel.nl/:0/obmenu.xml</file>

> in any case, i guess you replaced whichever window manager mate is using 
> with openbox?

Exactly.

> if you want this to work, i think it's easier to keep all mate
> keybinds, 
> and use openbox as a window manager only. or then you have to deal with 
> the mate desktop environment to avoid all sorts of overlappings.
> esp. the root window vs. desktop manager problem.

I do not follow you. I've been using openbox for many years, first with
Gnome2 and now with Mate, without any problems of the kind you refer to.

> i have no clue why it sometimes work and sometimes not.

Likewise...

-- Johan