Discussion of the Openbox window manager

Freddie | 3 Apr 2010 15:46

Re: openbox vs. fluxbox

On Sat, 3 Apr 2010, Christian wrote:

> OK, speaking of this, I have a question about this rc.xml
> I used this file to save some applications settings that work just fine.
> Now I wanted to add a rule for my webbrowser to appear on Desktop 2 just the way I did it for other programs and
> +Desktop 3.
>
> I even copied the code and just replaced the application - without success.
>
> xprop gives me these info about the window - I thought I should identify it via role and/or class:
>
> WM_WINDOW_ROLE(STRING) = "browser"
> WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "Iceweasel"
>
> my rc.xml looks like that:
>
> <application cole="browser">
>       <desktop>2</desktop>
> </application>
>
>
> reconfigure/restart of openbox does not help - what am I missing here?

The point you're missing is that Firefox is a pain in the <cough>. It 
launches with one name and class and then changes it soon after (hence the 
name and class xprop reports not working), I can't say about role as I've 
never successfully used it with firefox.

In my rc.xml

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Mikael Magnusson | 3 Apr 2010 15:56

Re: openbox vs. fluxbox

On Sat, 3 Apr 2010, Freddie wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Apr 2010, Christian wrote:
>
>>  OK, speaking of this, I have a question about this rc.xml
>>  I used this file to save some applications settings that work just fine.
>>  Now I wanted to add a rule for my webbrowser to appear on Desktop 2 just
>>  the way I did it for other programs and
>>  +Desktop 3.
>>
>>  I even copied the code and just replaced the application - without
>>  success.
>>
>>  xprop gives me these info about the window - I thought I should identify
>>  it via role and/or class:
>>
>>  WM_WINDOW_ROLE(STRING) = "browser"
>>  WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "Iceweasel"
>>
>>  my rc.xml looks like that:
>>
>>  <application cole="browser">
>>        <desktop>2</desktop>
>>  </application>
>> 
>>
>>  reconfigure/restart of openbox does not help - what am I missing here?
>
> The point you're missing is that Firefox is a pain in the <cough>. It 
> launches with one name and class and then changes it soon after (hence the

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Anthony Thyssen | 6 Apr 2010 08:00

Re: openbox vs. fluxbox

On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 14:46:12 +0100 (BST)
Freddie <freddie_signup@...> wrote:

| On Sat, 3 Apr 2010, Christian wrote:
| 
| > OK, speaking of this, I have a question about this rc.xml
| > I used this file to save some applications settings that work just fine.
| > Now I wanted to add a rule for my webbrowser to appear on Desktop 2 just the way I did it for other programs and
| > +Desktop 3.
| >
| > I even copied the code and just replaced the application - without success.
| >
| > xprop gives me these info about the window - I thought I should identify it via role and/or class:
| >
| > WM_WINDOW_ROLE(STRING) = "browser"
| > WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "Iceweasel"
| >
| > my rc.xml looks like that:
| >
| > <application cole="browser">
| >       <desktop>2</desktop>
| > </application>
| >
| >
| > reconfigure/restart of openbox does not help - what am I missing here?
| 
| The point you're missing is that Firefox is a pain in the <cough>. It 
| launches with one name and class and then changes it soon after (hence the 
| name and class xprop reports not working), I can't say about role as I've 
| never successfully used it with firefox.

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