Openbox in GNOME - setting the keyboard shortcuts
As the “window manager” Openbox being much more responsive than the default one called Metacity - it proved to be a great replacement expecially on my slower notebook. Much faster/responsive when doing all kinds of gui tasks - opening/closing a window, switching workspaces, etc.
Install on Ubuntu 10.04
sudo apt-get install openbox obconf
Starting Openbox
Press Alt-F2 and enter:
openbox --replace
However, as using the keyboard is at times much faster than using the mouse, some normal GNOME/metacity shortcuts are missing - I did as below to add the main keyboard shortcuts I use:
Add the section below to your openbox config file:
gedit ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml
Find the </keyboard>
line and add the following in a new line just above it:
<!-- my custom Keybindings -->
<keybind key="A-F1">
<action name="execute">
<execute>gnome-panel-control --main-menu</execute>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="A-F2">
<action name="execute">
<execute>gnome-panel-control --run-dialog</execute>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="A-F10">
<action name="ToggleMaximizeFull"/>
</keybind>
<keybind key="A-F9">
<action name="Iconify"/>
</keybind>
<keybind key="A-F7">
<action name="Move"/>
</keybind>
<keybind key="A-F8">
<action name="Resize"/>
</keybind>
<keybind key="C-A-d">
<action name="ToggleShowDesktop"/>
</keybind>
<keybind key="C-A-t">
<action name="execute">
<execute>gnome-terminal</execute>
</action>
</keybind>
Let openbox reload your settings:
openbox --reconfigure
Done.
Adjusting the window manager theme
Go to System > Preferences > Openbox Configuration Mnanager
Auto start openbox
Go to System > Preferences > Startup Applications, press Add, enter some name, in the command, enter:
openbox --replace
Thanks to:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=75471
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