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#1 2008-12-12 20:12:22

ninjaprawn
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[SOLVED] i need a run dialog for openbox

hi,

i am running openbox as my wm, but need a run dialog program! i still have fluxbox installed so currently am using fbrun, but i want to remove fb from my system.

any ideas?

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#2 2008-12-12 20:14:53

teacha
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Re: [SOLVED] i need a run dialog for openbox

hi, I guess you should try gmrun, it's really great.

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#3 2008-12-12 20:15:24

thayer
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Re: [SOLVED] i need a run dialog for openbox


thayer williams ~ cinderwick.ca

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#4 2008-12-12 20:18:54

Square
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Re: [SOLVED] i need a run dialog for openbox

I would suggest bashrun. It's simple, lightweight, and you can use all of your bash aliases!


 

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#5 2008-12-12 21:02:52

moljac024
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Re: [SOLVED] i need a run dialog for openbox

I'd suggest dmenu myself


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#6 2008-12-12 21:54:03

ninjaprawn
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Re: [SOLVED] i need a run dialog for openbox

bashrun it is, i like the idea of having all my aliases!

thanks for all the suggestions!


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- Samsung Series 3, Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz - 8Gb DDR3 ram - 700Gb HDD
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#7 2008-12-13 01:15:51

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Re: [SOLVED] i need a run dialog for openbox

teacha wrote:

hi, I guess you should try gmrun, it's really great.

Agreed
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#8 2008-12-13 05:35:30

b0uncyfr0
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Re: [SOLVED] i need a run dialog for openbox

I started using openbox yesterday and im very interested. I use gmrun.

Is there a way to make it look abit prettier? It looks dated..

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#9 2008-12-13 06:01:28

skottish
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Re: [SOLVED] i need a run dialog for openbox

b0uncyfr0 wrote:

I started using openbox yesterday and im very interested. I use gmrun.

Is there a way to make it look abit prettier? It looks dated..

Not directly. It's pulling from your GTK2 theme.

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