1.8 KiB
ssdd
A simple Shutdown Dialog for Openbox written in C using GTK
Why?
Been using Openbox many many years and loving it. One of the main issue I have with it is its incredibly simple Exit dialog. On a modern system, a better solution is needed. I guess there are many programs such as this one out there, but one more doesn't hurt, does it?
Anyway, I just bought a new laptop and on my workstation I was using ssd from Sawfish which I loved. I didn't want to go through all the steps of installing the necessary libraries and dependencies to get it to work, so I decided to create my own.
Dependencies and compilation
This app requires GTK+ 3.0, Glib 2 development libraries and gcc or clang.
To compile this program you can use make after you've edited Makefile or use the pre-defined options to install ssdd to /usr/local. The Makefile is pretty self explanatory.
To compile everything:
make all
To clean up:
make clean
To install:
sudo make install
Or if you want, you can compile it directly and copy the binary to a location in your PATH.
Using GCC:
% gcc ssdd.c resources.c -o ssdd `pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-3.0`
Using Clang:
% clang ssdd.c resources.c -o ssdd `pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-3.0`
This produces the binary ssdd which you can place in your $PATH. I place mine in ~/bin. You can strip it but it'll only save you a few kilobytes, so it's basically unnecessary...
Configure Openbox to use it.
% sudo nvim /etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml
Find the line with the standard Openbox Exit option and change it to
<item label="Log Out"><action name="Execute"><execute>ssdd</execute></item>
The reconfigure Openbox to use the new setting.
% openbox --reconfigure