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unspoken000

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Registered: 2008-12-04

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Gnome-do

I'm a total noob so please be easy on me.  I installed gnome-do through apt and everything went ok.  My question is how do I get it to auto start at login? 

Thx in advance.

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Last edited by unspoken000 (2008-12-04 22:58:55)

rizzo

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Registered: 2008-11-25

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Re: Gnome-do

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.

corenominal

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From: Lincoln, UK

Registered: 2008-11-20

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Re: Gnome-do

Hi unspoken000

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

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zopio

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From: Michigan, USA

Registered: 2008-11-29

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Re: Gnome-do

Corenominal -- I didn't realize that's what the autostart.sh file did.  I'm increasingly impressed at how intuitive and customizable Openbox is.

corenominal

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Re: Gnome-do

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!

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marf

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Registered: 2008-12-03

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Re: Gnome-do

I'd recommend Launchy. I've used Both Gnome-Do and Launchy, and Katapult, and Quicksilver. Launchy wins.. hands down. And it's nice that it works on Linux, Windows and Mac, so I can have it on whatever OS I'm on.

rizzo

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Registered: 2008-11-25

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Re: Gnome-do

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!

razienwolf

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From: SP, Brasil

Registered: 2008-12-01

Posts: 115

Re: Gnome-do

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.