A Simple ShutDown Dialog for Openbox written in C using GTK https://blog.kekepower.com/ssdd.html
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ssdd

A simple Shutdown Dialog for Openbox written in C using GTK

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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.

I am using this command to compile the program:

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