#1 2017-04-20 07:36:14

j3rzu

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openbox menu and gcalcli

Hi guys, I'm trying to add one position to ob menu, exactly: gcalcli calm.
It's working but straight away terminal is terminating. Any idea how to keep terminal open after gcalcli start?

Thanks in advance!

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Naik

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Re: openbox menu and gcalcli

Hey J3rzu,

can you provide the exact command you use in your menu.xml? and what is the terminal emulator you use?
First thin that comes to my mind is calling the terminal and telling it to start gcalcli, so the window will stay open when the task is done.

terminator -e "gcalcli calm && /bin/bash"

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j3rzu

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Re: openbox menu and gcalcli

@Naik Unfortunately it's not working
My whole original command looks like this:

<item label="Calendar>
<action name="Execute">
<command>
x-terminal-emulator -T 'Calendar - GCALCLI' -e gcalcli calm
</command>
</action>
</item>

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damo

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Re: openbox menu and gcalcli

@Naik Unfortunately it's not working

Not a helpful error report

Have you run the command in a terminal? (That is something you should always try first if there is an issue with a graphical application!)

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j3rzu

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Re: openbox menu and gcalcli

Yes. When I'm typing the command: gcalcli calm straight on terminal it works fine. The problem appears when I'm picking up option from my ob menu which I added like above.

When I'm picking up, from my ob menu, my "calendar" option, the terminal appears on not even a second, display my gcalcli and disappearing.

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brontosaurusrex

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Re: openbox menu and gcalcli

Yes the command exits and so does terminal, example workaround;

a. make file 'test' somewhere on the path (like in ~/bin) with the content

ls | less

chmod +x ~/bin/test

then

urxvt -e test

If that works, replace ls with your cal command.

b. simpler version

urxvt -hold -e ls # or
urxvt -hold -e echo "A La La La La Long A La La La La Long Long Li Long Long Long"

p.s. Not sure about terminator, but the option a. should work similarly.
edit: Terminator has option (check the preferences) to hold open when command exits as well.

Last edited by brontosaurusrex (2017-04-20 10:16:58)

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Re: openbox menu and gcalcli

Or try the answer given in post #2?

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