https://github.com/abcdesktopio/openbox
abcdesktop patch for openbox window manager
https://github.com/abcdesktopio/openbox
c openbox sigusr2 window-manager
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abcdesktop patch for openbox window manager
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/abcdesktopio/openbox
- Owner: abcdesktopio
- License: gpl-2.0
- Created: 2021-01-18T20:56:11.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2023-01-27T09:48:00.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-19T23:46:44.534Z (11 months ago)
- Topics: c, openbox, sigusr2, window-manager
- Language: Shell
- Homepage:
- Size: 1.37 MB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# openbox notify patch
## To get more informations
Please, read the public documentation web site:
* [https://www.abcdesktop.io](https://www.abcdesktop.io)
* [https://abcdesktopio.github.io/](https://abcdesktopio.github.io/)
## about openbox notify patch
Notify patch for openbox window manager and send to another process when a window change event occurs.
This patch is only required to send message (Create/Close) to the abcdesktop backend stack (spawner.js).
abcdesktop use [openbox](http://openbox.org/) as X11 window manager.
This patch add notification when X11/window change :
The notify patch send signals SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2 to a process (pid)
```
#define SIG_MANAGED_WINDOW SIGUSR1
#define SIG_UNMANAGED_WINDOW SIGUSR2
```
* SIGUSR1: when a new window is created
* SIGUSR2: when a window is closed
The patch apply to the ```openbox/client.c``` file
When a new window is open
```
void client_startup(gboolean reconfig)
...
// call
send_signal_notify( SIG_MANAGED_WINDOW );
```
When a new window is close
```
ObClient *client_fake_manage(Window window)
...
// call
send_signal_notify( SIG_UNMANAGED_WINDOW );
```
The send_signal_notify is just a kill send to the current_pid
n=kill( current_pid, sig );
The patch read the pid process in configuration file.
The ```rx.xml``` add new entry
```PATH TO PID FILE```
In rc.xml
```
/var/run/desktop/spawner.pid
```
The pid file can change, it will be reload if kill system call failed.
When spwaner process recieve SIGUSR1 or SIGUSR2, it will send a broadcast window list call, to each browser connected.
To build the notify patch :
The quick and dirty way, to apply patch and build the new debian package for openbox
> Change the directory name ```cd openbox-3.6.1``` with the correct name
```
# set non interactive
# echo 'debconf debconf/frontend select Noninteractive' | debconf-set-selections
# enable source list
# sed -i '/deb-src/s/^# //' /etc/apt/sources.list
# run update
# apt update
# install dep
apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends devscripts binutils wget
apt-get source openbox
apt-get build-dep -y openbox
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abcdesktopio/openbox/main/openbox.title.patch
cd openbox-3.6.1
patch -p2 < ../openbox.title.patch
# dch --local abcdesktop_sig_usr
dch -n abcdesktop_sig_usr
# dpkg-source --commit
EDITOR=/bin/true dpkg-source -q --commit . abcdesktop_sig_usr
debuild -us -uc
cd ..
ls -la # you should see deb file here
# copy your new deb to the oc.user directory
# then rebuild your oc.user image
```