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Topic: Openbox 3.4.8 released

http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Op … 8_released

Dec 08, 2009 - 4:04 pm EST

It's been a while but we're pleased to announce a new Openbox release.

You can view all the detailed changes here: http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Op … elog#3.4.8 and download it from here: http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Openbox:Download

Largely this release fixes bugs reported by users, especially in terms of focusing new windows, or through the _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message used by pagers/panels etc.

GNOME/Openbox (aka openbox-gnome-session) should work out of the box again, with newer versions (> 2.22) of GNOME.

Many translations have been updated, and three new translations are now included: Danish, Turkish, and Lithuanian. (Thank you, translators!)

Google Chrome will now work correctly when you toggle it between using system borders or its own.

Struts with multiple monitors should work better now. More changes will come, pending some discussion in the wm-spec mailing list. We're working to make struts/panels as flexible as possible with multiple monitors.

We've added support for clicking through shaped windows.

We no longer will try hard to prevent focus from moving while a keyboard grab is in place. In practice this should help make fewer surprises for our users, but may cause buggy applications to track their focus incorrectly. We're hoping that the buggy apps are in the minority by this point.

And lastly, the Exit and SessionLogout actions have similar functionality, so we've decided to merge them together. Both actions still exist but they both do the right thing based on how you are running Openbox.

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Re: Openbox 3.4.8 released

How can i help the translations? i know english and turkish.

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Re: Openbox 3.4.8 released

I imagine we can't find the ".deb" ? (I've got errors when I try to do "./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc)

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Re: Openbox 3.4.8 released

Woohooo! Proof that Openbox is not dead! *go gets the Champagne*

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Re: Openbox 3.4.8 released

anonymous wrote:

Woohooo! Proof that Openbox is not dead! *go gets the Champagne*

haha me too cool

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Re: Openbox 3.4.8 released

anonymous wrote:

Woohooo! Proof that Openbox is not dead! *go gets the Champagne*

Openbox was never dead... it was just too cool to waste it's time playing tag with the other WM and DE kids. cool

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Re: Openbox 3.4.8 released

I suppose; I just get uneasy when programs go a long time without any updates tongue

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Re: Openbox 3.4.8 released

^^ That just means there weren't nothin' wrong with it!

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Re: Openbox 3.4.8 released

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. big_smile

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Re: Openbox 3.4.8 released

^^ That just means there weren't nothin' wrong with it!

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. big_smile

+1

it isn't as if its buggy or anything, and if they released to add features it would inevitably turn bloated

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Re: Openbox 3.4.8 released

I compiled it successfully.

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Re: Openbox 3.4.8 released

evilgravedigger wrote:

I compiled it successfully.

Was it an easy process? Do you just follow the instructions here http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/He … e_program, restart, and that's it? I just want to make sure I don't mess up anything before I do this.

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Re: Openbox 3.4.8 released

BTW before compiling make sure you have build-essential installed:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential
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Re: Openbox 3.4.8 released

^ might I add, "checkinstall" too so you can install it as a .deb

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Re: Openbox 3.4.8 released

@evilgravedigger - So what's the verdict?

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Re: Openbox 3.4.8 released

Openbox 3.4.9 released!!

http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Op … 9_released

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i compiled succesfully...but places pipemenu stopped working

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Re: Openbox 3.4.8 released

...and 3.4.10 ...

http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Op … 0_released

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Re: Openbox 3.4.8 released

Openbox's update spree reminds me of FlashGot and NoScript XD

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Re: Openbox 3.4.8 released

Hey guys... and what about xlibs-dev??

No one had troubles with this no-existing package? Should I just ignore it and move on?

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Re: Openbox 3.4.8 released

openbox 3.4.11

And another release - they are too fast ....

http://openbox.org/wiki/Openbox:News

There are a number of bug fixes in this release, and continued improvements to menu behaviour. The coolest thing however, is changes to the the focus cycling (Alt-Tab) dialog. It is now dynamic as windows appear/disappear while focus cycling. We've got some more really cool changes coming up for in in the 3.5 series as well so stay tuned for those.

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