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-rw-r--r--openbox/openbox.c37
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/openbox/openbox.c b/openbox/openbox.c
index 0f9fb179..1b39b404 100644
--- a/openbox/openbox.c
+++ b/openbox/openbox.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ static gint exitcode = 0;
static guint remote_control = 0;
static gboolean being_replaced = FALSE;
static gchar *config_file = NULL;
+static gchar *startup_cmd = NULL;
static void signal_handler(gint signal, gpointer data);
static void remove_args(gint *argc, gchar **argv, gint index, gint num);
@@ -342,6 +343,29 @@ gint main(gint argc, gchar **argv)
ob_set_state(OB_STATE_RUNNING);
+ if (startup_cmd) {
+ gchar **argv = NULL;
+ GError *e = NULL;
+ gboolean ok;
+
+ if (!g_shell_parse_argv(startup_cmd, NULL, &argv, &e)) {
+ g_message("Error parsing startup command: %s",
+ e->message);
+ g_error_free(e);
+ e = NULL;
+ }
+ ok = g_spawn_async(NULL, argv, NULL,
+ G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH |
+ G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD,
+ NULL, NULL, NULL, &e);
+ if (!g_shell_parse_argv(startup_cmd, NULL, &argv, &e)) {
+ g_message("Error launching startup command: %s",
+ e->message);
+ g_error_free(e);
+ e = NULL;
+ }
+ }
+
/* look for parsing errors */
{
xmlErrorPtr e = xmlGetLastError();
@@ -519,6 +543,7 @@ static void print_help(void)
g_print(_(" --exit Exit Openbox\n"));
g_print(_("\nDebugging options:\n"));
g_print(_(" --sync Run in synchronous mode\n"));
+ g_print(_(" --startup CMD Run CMD after starting\n"));
g_print(_(" --debug Display debugging output\n"));
g_print(_(" --debug-focus Display debugging output for focus handling\n"));
g_print(_(" --debug-session Display debugging output for session management\n"));
@@ -580,6 +605,18 @@ static void parse_args(gint *argc, gchar **argv)
else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--sync")) {
xsync = TRUE;
}
+ else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--startup")) {
+ if (i == *argc - 1) /* no args left */
+ g_printerr(_("--startup requires an argument\n"));
+ else {
+ /* this will be in the current locale encoding, which is
+ what we want */
+ startup_cmd = argv[i+1];
+ remove_args(argc, argv, i, 2);
+ --i; /* this arg was removed so go back */
+ ob_debug("--startup %s", startup_cmd);
+ }
+ }
else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--debug")) {
ob_debug_enable(OB_DEBUG_NORMAL, TRUE);
ob_debug_enable(OB_DEBUG_APP_BUGS, TRUE);