Hi,

wirelessduck--- via Dng writes:

>> On 21 Dec 2021, at 07:37, Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> I use Openbox and have no problems, ever. When I take it on the road
>> and want a complete setup with panel, I use LXDE, which is a panel and
>> various programs to run with Openbox. If LXDE isn't available, LXQt is
>> almost as good. I have info on how to set it up at:
>>
>> http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/quickhacks.htm#startxlxqt
>>
>> Other outstanding WMDEs include fvwm, IceWM, Windowmaker, jwm, i9, and
>> a host of others. From my perspective, there's absolutely no reason to
>> use xfce.
>>
>> SteveT
>
> I followed your guide for openbox and it’s quite nice, combined with
> tilda for console and tint2 for panel. Adding the 6 pixel left margin
> is a nice hack to always have access to the openbox menu even with
> full screen applications!
>
> Do you have any suggestions on a replacement for xfce4-appfinder that
> can search through .desktop files as well as $PATH? The nice thing
> about xfce4-appfinder is the two separate interfaces for searching
> .desktop (alt+F3) and $PATH (alt+F2).

Haven't looked at it myself, yet, but dex might be of help. I just saw
it getting added as a dependency to i3-wm on daedalus.

Hope this helps,
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