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Topic: Openbox 3.5 released!

Changelog:

  • New alt-tab dialog shows windows in a vertical list.

  • Improved Xinerama support.

  • Allow icons in menus.

  • Theme options for prompt dialogs (osd.button.unpressed.*, osd.button.pressed.*, osd.button.focused.*)

  • Addresses bug #4877, #4596, #4617, #4752, #4663, #4662, #4586, #2319, #4341, #4519, #4543, #4503, #4355, #4072, #3702, #4284

  • Lots of additional bug fixes and performance improvements.

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http://openbox.org/wiki/Openbox:Download

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

Icons in menus looks interesting! Anybody got some screenshots?

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

I'm using Openbox 3.5.0-rc1, from git, right now… it seems I need an update!

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

Anyone installed this on #! yet? I tried installing from GIT, but once installed I got an error (that I didn't write down since I had to set up my machine again).

Btw, here's the deps I needed:

libtool
libpango1.0-dev
automake
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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

awesome!! I missed the icons in the menu from fluxbox alot

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

Well, I just installed Openbox-git from AUR, but I can't seem to enable the icons yet. Will keep searching tho cool

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

Looks good, I'm going to see about upgrading tonight after I get off work.

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

Many thanks for letting me know about this, loving the icon menus now as we speak. And alt dialog looks better with this layout IMO.

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

@psyco430404 - Would you mind sharing how you enable the icons?

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

anonymous wrote:

Changelog:

  • New alt-tab dialog shows windows in a vertical list.

What is this? What does it look like?

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

@yuh_learn - It means the dialog box for switching between open windows now shows them in a vertical list.

Old:
http://s4.postimage.org/spmgny3o/screenshot_08_09_2011_030459.png

New:
http://s4.postimage.org/spkt4llw/screenshot_08_09_2011_030329.png

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

I'm guessing (hoping) that can be reversed? I'd rather not have a huge menu when I alt tab, and the new way looks like it will take over the screen if you're running a few programmes.

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

Hm, I suppose this is not optional. I kind of like the old, horizontal, dialog box better.

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

yuh_learn wrote:

Hm, I suppose this is not optional. I kind of like the old, horizontal, dialog box better.

^Agreed.  I'd rather have icons, but I suppose the text dialog helps differentiate multiple processes of the same icon.

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

anonymous wrote:

@psyco430404 - Would you mind sharing how you enable the icons?

no problem ill post it in tips and tricks

and the new dialog only takes up massive space if you have upward of 15 apps running at once, its not a big deal.

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

saddly OpenBOX 3.5 will be avilable for Fedora Rawhide (to be 16) only this time

http://pkgs.org/search/?keyword=OpenBOX … mp;exact=0

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

Even Arch doesn't have 3.5 in testing yet. I suspect this is the evil that is LXDE. Oeh noez... LXDE might break! *panics, runs around, screams like half a chicken on the hot plate*

Oh, the package is orphaned... must be the evil doing of LXDE too.

Oh wait, didn't I like LXDE? Crap, can't have a scapegoat tonight.

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

psyco430404 wrote:

and the new dialog only takes up massive space if you have upward of 15 apps running at once, its not a big deal.


Going from that screeny by anonymous, with just two applications open it's taking up roughly 70% more space, so while you may be correct on your assessment of it not being a big deal, I think it might be more of an issue for netbook users with much less screen real estate. I'd guess that I'd only need maybe six programmes running before it took over the screen.
Hence asking if anyone knew if it could be reverted, or even changed to use tiny/no icons.

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

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Its brain dead easy, Openbox gives you the three commands to use if you even need them xD, and with Debian the way it is you might not get 3.5 for another 2 years dude.

Really?

from: http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Installing … he_program

I see and tried:

  Dependencies in Ubuntu and Debian

In Ubuntu and Debian, install the following packages:

    * build-essential
    - inatalled
    * pkg-config
    - installed
    * libpango1.0-dev
    - problems; wants to install 20 extra packages of which:
    The following packages have unresolvable dependencies.
    Make sure that all required repositories are added and
    enabled in the preferences.

        libpango1.0-dev:
         Depends: libfreetype6-dev but it is not going to be installed
            - it is in the repos - BUT:
            - libfreetype6-dev:
                - Depends: libfreetype6 (=2.4.2-2.1)
                  but 2.4.4-1~bpo60+1 is to be installed
         Depends: libxft-dev but it is not going to be installed
            - wants to install 13 packages
                libxft-dev:
                 Depends: libfontconfig1-dev but it is not going to be installed
                    - want to install 1 package:
                        libfontconfig1-dev:
                         Depends: libfreetype6-dev but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libfreetype6-dev but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: libfontconfig1-dev but it is not going to be installed
            - wants to install 1 package libexpat1-dev
                libfontconfig1-dev:
                 Depends: libfreetype6-dev but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: libcairo2-dev but it is not going to be installed

I'll stop here....
 
    * libglib2.0-dev
    * libxml2-dev
    * libxcursor-dev
    * libstartup-notification0-dev
    * xlibs-dev
    * libxext-dev
    * x11proto-randr-dev

- - - may be "brain dead easy" for some - I must be from another time/space/distro.

and I didn't even check these yet:

  Dependencies

Compiling Openbox should be a relatively painless experience. You will need the following packages:

    * C compiler (such as GCC)
    * Libc library and headers (development package)
    * Xlib library and headers (development package)
    * Xext and Xrandr library and headers (development package) - optional but recommended
    * Glib-2 library and headers (development package)
    * LibXML-2 library and headers (development package)
    * Pango library and headers (development package)
    * Startup-notification library and headers (development package) - optional but recommended
    * XCursor library and headers (development package) - optional but recommended
    * Pkg-config

EDIT:

Debian Sid
    * openbox-dev_3.4.11.1-1_i386.deb « Debian Main - development files for the openbox window manager
    * openbox-themes_1.0.2_all.deb « Debian Main - Themes for the Openbox window manager
    * openbox_3.4.11.1-1_i386.deb « Debian Main - standards compliant, fast, light-weight, extensible window manager

Debian Wheezy
    * openbox-dev_3.4.11.2-2_i386.deb « Debian Main - development files for the openbox window manager
    * openbox-themes_1.0.2_all.deb « Debian Main - Themes for the Openbox window manager
    * openbox_3.4.11.2-2_i386.deb « Debian Main - standards compliant, fast, light-weight, extensible window manager

Debian Squeeze
    * openbox-dev_3.4.11.1-1_i386.deb « Debian Main - development files for the openbox window manager
    * openbox-themes_1.0.2_all.deb « Debian Main - Themes for the Openbox window manager
    * openbox_3.4.11.1-1_i386.deb « Debian Main - standards compliant, fast, light-weight, extensible window manager

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

@Sector11 - Disable the backports repo and try again.

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

anonymous wrote:

@Sector11 - Disable the backports repo and try again.

They were not enabled and are not enabled.
Used them only to get LibreOffice. Been off for a while.

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

Are you sure you have squeeze-backports disable?

Well try using Synaptic to install libfreetype6 but force it to version 2.4.2-2.1.

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

anonymous wrote:

Are you sure you have squeeze-backports disable?

yup: http://thumbnails57.imagebam.com/14445/de61d3144440444.jpg

anonymous wrote:

Well try using Synaptic to install libfreetype6 but force it to version 2.4.2-2.1.

I have a version of that: libfreetype6 v2.4.4-1~bpo60+1  Have no idea what that "~bpo60+1".  Other than when I did have backports open it installed a linux image with that ending that did NOT work so I deleted it.

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

In Synaptic, select libfreetype6, and go to Package -> Force version. See if you can install 2.4.2.

BTW the ~bpo means that the package is from backports:

http://packages.debian.org/squeeze-back … bfreetype6

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Re: Openbox 3.5 released!

anonymous wrote:

In Synaptic, select libfreetype6, and go to Package -> Force version. See if you can install 2.4.2.

BTW the ~bpo means that the package is from backports:

http://packages.debian.org/squeeze-back … bfreetype6

Sorry, Thank you #22436563  big_smile  Done.

But could that be from getting LibreOffice?

Where does one find what all those codes are after a version number?

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