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  20   <!ENTITY dhucpackage "<refentrytitle>OPENBOX</refentrytitle>">
  21   <!ENTITY dhpackage   "openbox">
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  28     &dhsection;
  29   </refmeta>
  30   <refnamediv>
  31     <refname>&dhpackage;</refname>
  32
  33     <refpurpose>Next generation, highly configurable window manager
  34       </refpurpose>
  35   </refnamediv>
  36   <refsynopsisdiv>
  37     <cmdsynopsis>
  38       <command>&dhpackage;</command>
  39       <arg><option>--help</option></arg>
  40       <arg><option>--version</option></arg>
  41       <arg><option>--replace</option></arg>
  42       <arg><option>--reconfigure</option></arg>
  43       <arg><option>--sm-disable</option></arg>
  44       <arg><option>--sync</option></arg>
  45       <arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
  46       <arg><option>--debug-focus</option></arg>
  47       <arg><option>--debug-xinerama</option></arg>
  48     </cmdsynopsis>
  49   </refsynopsisdiv>
  50   <refsect1>
  51     <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
  52
  53     <para>Openbox is a next generation, highly
  54       configurable window manager. Openbox is compliant with the
  55       latest window manager standards.</para>
  56
  57     <para>You can start Openbox in three ways:</para>
  58
  59     <para>If you run a display manager such as GDM, you will find 3 entries
  60       in the login session type menu for Openbox:
  61       <command>GNOME/Openbox</command>, <command>KDE/Openbox</command>
  62       and <command>Openbox</command>. If you want to use Openbox
  63       within GNOME or KDE, you can choose the appropriate entry, and it will
  64       launch GNOME or KDE with Openbox as the window manager.</para>
  65
  66     <para>If you don't want to run Openbox withing a desktop environment, then
  67       it is recommended that you instead set up a ~/.xsession file and
  68       use the <command>Default</command> session type. The ~/.xsession file
  69       should any applications you want to run at startup, and then run
  70       <command>&dhpackage;</command> at the end, such as:</para>
  71
  72       <blockquote><literallayout>
  73       xsetroot -solid grey &
  74       gnome-settings-daemon &
  75       exec <command>&dhpackage;</command></literallayout></blockquote>
  76
  77     <para>Lastly, if you use <command>startx</command> to launch your X
  78       session, you should set up a ~/.xinitrc file, exactly the same as the
  79       above ~/.xsession file.</para>
  80
  81     <para>You can use the <command>obconf</command> tool to configure Openbox
  82       easily with a graphical interface, however more in-depth configuration
  83       is possible by editing the configuration files by hand. The default
  84       configuration files are installed in @configdir@/openbox/, and the
  85       user configuration is placed in ~/.config/openbox/. You can copy
  86       the default configuration to ~/.config/openbox and edit it to your
  87       liking.</para>
  88
  89     <para>There are 3 default configuration files, <literal>rc.xml</literal>,
  90       <literal>rc-gnome.xml</literal>, and <literal>rc-kde.xml</literal>. The
  91       rc-gnome.xml is used when you run
  92       <command>openbox-gnome-session</command> and the rc-kde.xml is used when
  93       you run <command>openbox-kde-session</command>. The configuration
  94       files should be named the same in ~/.config/openbox/.</para>
  95
  96   </refsect1>
  97   <refsect1>
  98     <title>OPTIONS</title>
  99
 100     <para>These are the possible options that <command>&dhpackage;</command> accepts:</para>
 101     <variablelist>
 102       <varlistentry>
 103         <term><option>--help</option></term>
 104         <listitem>
 105           <para>Show a summary of the options available.</para>
 106         </listitem>
 107       </varlistentry>
 108       <varlistentry>
 109         <term><option>--version</option></term>
 110         <listitem>
 111           <para>Show the version of the program.</para>
 112         </listitem>
 113       </varlistentry>
 114       <varlistentry>
 115         <term><option>--replace</option></term>
 116         <listitem>
 117           <para>Replace the currently running window manager.</para>
 118         </listitem>
 119       </varlistentry>
 120       <varlistentry>
 121         <term><option>--reconfigure</option></term>
 122         <listitem>
 123           <para>If Openbox is already running on the display, tell it to
 124             reload it's configuration.</para>
 125         </listitem>
 126       </varlistentry>
 127       <varlistentry>
 128         <term><option>--sm-disable</option></term>
 129         <listitem>
 130           <para>Do not connect to the session manager.</para>
 131         </listitem>
 132       </varlistentry>
 133       <varlistentry>
 134         <term><option>--sync</option></term>
 135         <listitem>
 136           <para>Run in synchronous mode (for debugging).</para>
 137         </listitem>
 138       </varlistentry>
 139       <varlistentry>
 140         <term><option>--debug</option></term>
 141         <listitem>
 142           <para>Display debugging output.</para>
 143         </listitem>
 144       </varlistentry>
 145       <varlistentry>
 146         <term><option>--debug-focus</option></term>
 147         <listitem>
 148           <para>Display debugging output for focus handling.</para>
 149         </listitem>
 150       </varlistentry>
 151       <varlistentry>
 152         <term><option>--debug-xinerama</option></term>
 153         <listitem>
 154           <para>Split the display into two fake xinerama regions, if
 155             xinerama is not already enabled. This is for debugging
 156             xinerama support.</para>
 157         </listitem>
 158       </varlistentry>
 159     </variablelist>
 160   </refsect1>
 161   <refsect1>
 162     <title>SEE ALSO</title>
 163
 164     <para>obconf (1), openbox-gnome-session (1), openbox-kde-session (1).
 165       </para>
 166
 167     <para>The program's full documentation is available on the website:
 168       <literal>http://openbox.org/</literal></para>
 169
 170     <para>Please report bugs to: <literal>http://bugzilla.icculus.org/
 171       </literal></para>
 172   </refsect1>
 173 </refentry>
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