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andre.ramaciotti

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2007-04-06

Posts: 649

Openbox Dock Options [solved]

I'm running OpenBox here and it hasn't a panel, which is ok for me. But when I run obconf, there is a place to set options about a 'dock'. What is this 'dock'?

I would notice the diference only if I was running something like pyPanel? Strange, because when I run xfce panel, changing the settings in obconf don't alter anything either.

Last edited by andre.ramaciotti (2007-12-03 22:31:39)

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dunc

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From: Glasgow, UK

Registered: 2007-06-18

Posts: 559

Re: Openbox Dock Options [solved]

Every window under X has a type assigned to it: most of them, as you'd expect, are "normal", but others are "dialog", "desktop", etc. It's so that the WM can treat these appropriately: a desktop window is always underneath everything else and doesn't have decorations, for example.

Openbox's "dock" options will affect any window whose type is "dock". I don't know if pyPanel is one of those. In my (limited) experience, a surprising number of these standalone panels aren't (at least, the Openbox prefs don't seem to affect them, so I assume they aren't - maybe Openbox is broken ).

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Mikko777

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From: Suomi, Finland

Registered: 2006-10-30

Posts: 837

Re: Openbox Dock Options [solved]

Uuuh dock is for dockapps, nothing more.

It's pretty useless, there are some dockapps but they arent that great.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dockapps

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andre.ramaciotti

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2007-04-06

Posts: 649

Re: Openbox Dock Options [solved]

Like conky?

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DonVla

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From: Bonn, Germany

Registered: 2007-06-07

Posts: 997

Re: Openbox Dock Options [solved]

http://www.windowmaker.info/gallery.php
take a look at the screenshots. the stuff on the right is the dock. it's smth like quickstarter and systray together. origianlly designed by windowmaker.

vlad

ps: you can use docker with openbox. and then you can use the 'dock' as a systray.

Last edited by DonVla (2007-12-03 21:23:42)

andre.ramaciotti

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2007-04-06

Posts: 649

Re: Openbox Dock Options [solved]

I understood what a Dock is, I'm just asking if conky fits de definition of dock.

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ebirtaid

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From: USA

Registered: 2007-11-18

Posts: 52

Re: Openbox Dock Options [solved]

no conky doesnt run in a dock

andre.ramaciotti

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2007-04-06

Posts: 649

Re: Openbox Dock Options [solved]

Thanks, guys (and girls, just in case).

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