[SOLVED] quake-like terminal in openbox?

konni · 2008-10-17 14:25:53

just trying out openbox (the screenshot section convinced me ) and i like it so far.
i try to keep it fast and simple, otherwise i'd install guake or something similar.

is there any way to popup urxvt by pressing a button? i don't want to start a new instance of it, just bring it to the foreground and maybe hide it again.

Last edited by konni (2008-10-19 15:04:07)

Army · 2008-10-17 14:49:24

I use tilda ... I liked yakuake a lot more, but want to use as many GTK-apps as possible. Try it out, maybe you like it. An alternative is always welcome, because I really don't like tilda very much.

atomkarinca · 2008-10-17 14:59:24

To assign (for instance) F12 to urxvt, add this line to your ~/.fluxbox/keys file:

F12 :ExecCommand urxvt

andre.ramaciotti · 2008-10-17 15:03:19

urxvt -pe kuake

Then press F10.

Last edited by andre.ramaciotti (2008-10-17 15:03:35)

konni · 2008-10-17 15:40:34

the -pe kuake is nice... tried that in gnome some time ago and it didnt work...
now i just have to rebind the key

thanks!

edit: mhhm... starting it in autostart.sh works, starting via menu doesnt, x-keybinding error... well i wanted to autostart it anyway
and after editing the key in /usr/lib/urxvt/perl/kuake i'm totally happy ;D

Last edited by konni (2008-10-17 15:56:13)

konni · 2008-10-17 16:56:03

uhm, almost... it grabs all modifiers as well... so guess i have to put it to f1 instead of grave, i somehow need it on the left side ^^

tilda is not really an option, and its openbox - not fluxbox

frip · 2008-10-17 17:34:32

I modified wmctrl to display the title of the active window.
I use this to show and hide mrxvt with this bash code:

#! /bin/bash
#title of the window you want to show/hide
TITLE="mrxvt"
#application name
APP=mrxvt

#List all applications
if [ "`wmctrl -l | grep -c "$TITLE"`" = "0" ]
then
#start the application if it is not already running
    $APP &
else
#if the application is running, determine if we should show or hide the window
# -z is the option to print the active window title
    if [ "`wmctrl -z | grep -c "$TITLE"`" = "0" ]
    then
# show the window
        wmctrl -R "$TITLE"
    else
# hide the window
        wmctrl -r "$TITLE" -b add,hidden
    fi
fi

You can bind this code to a shortcut by editing the openbox configuration file.

I use it for other applications, too. E.g. firefox with title Gran Paradiso.
If you are interested I can give you the modified wmctrl sources.

konni · 2008-10-17 18:13:49

that would be awesome...

frip · 2008-10-17 19:19:26

wmctrlmod

tonyisnt · 2008-10-17 19:24:19

konni wrote:

the -pe kuake is nice... tried that in gnome some time ago and it didnt work...
now i just have to rebind the key
thanks!
edit: mhhm... starting it in autostart.sh works, starting via menu doesnt, x-keybinding error... well i wanted to autostart it anyway
and after editing the key in /usr/lib/urxvt/perl/kuake i'm totally happy ;D

How exactly did you get it to work? When I run (even after changing the the /usr/lib/urxvt/perl/kuake to F1) it I get the error:

tony@arch_linux ~ $ urxvt -pe kuake
urxvt: An X Error occured, trying to continue after report.
urxvt: X Error of failed request:  BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)
urxvt: Major opcode of failed request:  33
urxvt: (which is X_GrabKey)
urxvt: Serial number of failed request:  147

I'm currently using tilda for now, too, and while I like it, there are a few things that are less than ideal.

Last edited by tonyisnt (2008-10-17 19:27:15)

DonVla · 2008-10-17 19:38:45

yeahconsole

konni · 2008-10-18 10:27:42

frip
thansk a lot! using -a instead of -R because i got urxvt on all desktops but works like a charm

tonyisnt
guess your wm has some key mapped to f1 as well,
in gnome this would probably be caused by gnome-terminal.

donvla
tried yeahconsole but somehow it freezes after some time.

Last edited by konni (2008-10-18 10:33:13)

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