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cireland0307

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Registered: 2008-09-16

Posts: 7

OpenBox is driving me crazy

Don't get me wrong, I like what I saw of it so far, but...
there is one thing...if it doesn't get resolved, I'll have to find another WM or DE.

My problem: menu.xml does not show up on the right click menu when you add items to it.
If you delete items either by using obmenu or editing the file, and reconfiguring openbox...the
items are deleted. Not so with adding.

Is there some kind of trick to adding items? I'm at my wits end with this. Any help
would be appreciated.

I did reconfigure openbox, both from the menu and from the terminal and neither worked.
I even shut down the machine afterwards and nothing...

Thanks in advance.

skymt

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Registered: 2006-11-27

Posts: 443

Re: OpenBox is driving me crazy

Can you post your menu.xml to pastebin?

cireland0307

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Registered: 2008-09-16

Posts: 7

Re: OpenBox is driving me crazy

Sure, I think I did it right. Here is the link.

http://pastebin.com/m32a14576

The highlighted lines is the little section I added.

btartsa

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Registered: 2004-07-26

Posts: 222

Re: OpenBox is driving me crazy

Permissions ok? I assume you copied the examples so that might be the issue.

Last edited by btartsa (2008-10-27 16:26:54)

thayer

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From: Vancouver, BC

Registered: 2007-05-20

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Re: OpenBox is driving me crazy

If you look at the very bottom of your menu.xml you'll see a list of menu id's:

    <menu id="root-menu" label="Openbox 3">
        <separator label="Applications"/>
        <menu id="apps-accessories-menu"/>
        <menu id="apps-editors-menu"/>
        <menu id="apps-graphics-menu"/>
        <menu id="apps-net-menu"/>
        <menu id="apps-office-menu"/>
        <menu id="apps-multimedia-menu"/>
        <menu id="apps-term-menu"/>
        <menu id="apps-fileman-menu"/>
        <separator label="System"/>
        <menu id="system-menu"/>
        <separator/>
        <item label="Log Out">
            <action name="SessionLogout">
                <prompt>
                    yes
                </prompt>
            </action>
        </item>
    </menu>

You need to add your new menu to the list:

<menu id="apps-prog-menu"/>

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nan

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From: Waterloo, Canada

Registered: 2008-07-16

Posts: 70

Re: OpenBox is driving me crazy

Maybe try using obmenu?

moljac024

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 2,676

Re: OpenBox is driving me crazy

You made those menus outside of the root menu. Openbox displays the root menu on right-click.
So, you should make links in your root menu for the ones you created.

EDIT: thayer beat me to it

Last edited by moljac024 (2008-10-27 17:07:40)

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cireland0307

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Registered: 2008-09-16

Posts: 7

Re: OpenBox is driving me crazy

Yep, that did it. Thanks a lot! I knew it didn't make sense.

I know nothing about xml, so I learned a little something too.
Now, I can stay with this great WM.

Thanks again