<refnamediv>
<refname>&dhpackage;</refname>
- <refpurpose>Next generation, highly configurable window manager
- </refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>A minimalistic, highly configurable, next generation window
+ manager with extensive standards support.</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<arg><option>--version</option></arg>
<arg><option>--replace</option></arg>
<arg><option>--reconfigure</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--restart</option></arg>
<arg><option>--sm-disable</option></arg>
<arg><option>--sync</option></arg>
<arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
<refsect1>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
- <para>Openbox is a next generation, highly
- configurable window manager. Openbox is compliant with the
- latest window manager standards.</para>
+ <para>Openbox is minimalistic, highly configurable, next generation window
+ manager with extensive standards support.</para>
<para>You can start Openbox in three ways:</para>
<para>You can use the <command>obconf</command> tool to configure Openbox
easily with a graphical interface, however more in-depth configuration
- is possible by editing the configuration files by hand. Please note that
- <command>obconf</command> older than version 2.0 may not work at all
- for you.</para>
+ is possible by editing the configuration files by hand.</para>
<para>The default configuration and menu files are installed in
@configdir@/openbox/, and the user configuration is placed in
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--help</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Show a summary of the options available.</para>
+ <para>Show a summary of the command line options available
+ and exit.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--version</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Show the version of the program.</para>
+ <para>Show the version of the program and exit.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<para>Replace the currently running window manager.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--config-file FILE</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Specify the path to the config file to use.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--reconfigure</option></term>
<listitem>
reload its configuration.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--restart</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>If Openbox is already running on the display, tell it to
+ restart. This is useful if you have upgraded Openbox and don't
+ want to restart X.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--exit</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Exit Openbox.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--sm-disable</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Run in synchronous mode (for debugging).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--startup CMD</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Run CMD after starting.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--debug</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Display debugging output for focus handling.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--debug-session</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Display debugging output for session management.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--debug-xinerama</option></term>
<listitem>
openbox-kde-session(1).</para>
<para>The program's full documentation is available on the website:
- <literal>http://icculus.org/openbox/</literal></para>
+ <literal>http://openbox.org/</literal></para>
<para>Please report bugs to: <literal>http://bugzilla.icculus.org/
</literal></para>