gnome-do --quiet 

Will launch gnome-do in the background.

I was planning to use it, but dmenu seems to  be doing just what I want.

Yeah, the key on rc.xml has to be changed.

For me I go with "W-space" to launch dmenu, "C-space" for the root menu, and "C-A-q" for the open windows.

will both gnome-do and the Openbox menu appear? Or will gnome-do override the Openbox keybindings? Place your bets!

And the winner is ..... the menu!

omns@cbm:~$ gnome-do &
[1] 21831
omns@cbm:~$ 
(Do:21831): libdo-WARNING **: Binding '<Super>space' failed!

hmm, that's a tricky one because gnome-do is linked to the super-space key sequence which the default menu is already linked to.

Doh! Forgot about that Oh well, it will be interesting to see it conflicts, will both gnome-do and the Openbox menu appear? Or will gnome-do override the Openbox keybindings? Place your bets!

You can automatically start any application at the beginning of your Openbox session by editing your autostart.sh file. There is menu link to it under "Preferences -> Openbox Config -> Edit autostart.sh". You can also edit it by entering the following terminal command:

gedit ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh

Once ready for editing, add the following lines somewhere near the bottom and you should be good to go:

# Start GNOME DO
(sleep 2s && gnome-do) &

Depending on the speed of your system, you might want to lose the sleep command. It is generally used on older systems.

# Start GNOME DO
gnome-do &

Also, I think the version of GNOME Do in Intrepid has a preference option to start silently. It used to be a start-up argument but I am not sure if it still is.

Hope this helps

Thx in advance.

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