Skippy (exposé effect)
You know that thing Mac OSX, Compiz and KWin do where you press a hotkey and suddenly you see miniature versions of all your windows at once? Skippy-XD does that. It’s most commonly known by Mac OSX’s name for it – Exposé.
Keystroke mode installation:
- First of all, install the program from the PPA (with LXTerminal):
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:landronimirc/skippy-xd-daily
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install skippy-xd
- Edit the RC file (open LXTerminal and paste “leafpad ~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml” without the quotes):
- Find the line “<chainQuitKey>C-g</chainQuitKey>”
- Below it copy and paste the following:
<!– Start Expose for LXDE–>
<keybind key=”W-w”>
<action name=”Execute”>
<command>skippy-xd</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<!– End Expose for LXDE–>
- That’s all! Now log in again and use Skippy-XD using the keystroke Super(Win)+W. If you want another keystroke feel free to change it (for keys codes read the Openbox wiki)
Mouse “hot corners” mode installation:
- For using Skippy-XD this way you must complete the above method and continue here. Using the Lubuntu Software Center, install the package “brightside”
- Type Alt+F2 and execute “brightside-properties”
- Activate your desired corner and choose “Custom action”
- Type the command “skippy-xd” (remember, always without the quotes!)
- Now we need to make Brightside execute at startup, so type in LXTerminal “sudo leafpad /etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart” and place the line “@brightside” at the end (imortant: type it without the quotes and with the @ sign)
- And that’s all! Now place your mouse at the chosen corner and see what happens!
