Labconf

GTK3 application for configuring themes and parameters for labwc (obconf-like for Openbox).

Screenshots

Features

• Tabs for: Theme, Appearance, Focus, Windows, Mouse, Desktop, Margins, OSD, and Environment variables
• Live-preview changes (Preview) with labwc -r
• Safe rollback after preview via Cancel
• Config compatibility check via CLI: labconf -t

Dependencies

• vala >= 0.56
• gtk3 >= 3.22
• libxml2
• meson
• ninja

Install dependencies (Arch Linux)

sudo pacman -S vala gtk3 libxml2 meson ninja

Build and install

cd /path/to/labconf
meson setup build --prefix=/usr
ninja -C build
sudo ninja -C build install

Run

labconf

Or via application menu: "Labconf"

Config check

• labconf -t — checks current rc.xml for labconf compatibility and exits
• labconf -t -c ~/.config/labwc/rc.xml — check specific file
• Result format: PASS / WARN / FAIL

Tests

tests/run-config-tests.sh

Project structure

labconf/
├── meson.build
├── src/
│   ├── main.vala          # Main window, tabs
│   ├── config.vala        # Read/write rc.xml
│   ├── backup.vala        # Backup
│   ├── themes.vala        # Theme scanning
│   └── fonts.vala         # Font scanning
├── data/
│   └── labconf.desktop
├── screenshots/
│   ├── main.png
│   └── settings.png
└── README.md

Config files

• ~/.config/labwc/rc.xml - main labwc configuration
• ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini - GTK3 theme

Default settings

Parameter	Value
Placement Policy	Cascade
Resize Popup	Never
WindowSwitcher OSD Style	thumbnail
Theme	Greybird
Font	DejaVu Sans 10

Notes

• Cancel after Preview rolls back rc.xml and environment to original state
• Use labwc -r to apply settings

License

GPL-3.0+

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