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Openbox Syntax Error

I added a new keybinding to my rc.xml and now I get this message every time I log into Openbox. Also, the right-click menu does not work anymore either.

Now I would have fixed the error myself, but unfortunately my rc.xml does not have a line 749. It ends at 748. And I am a bit puzzled at how to "see stdout".

This is what I added, copied from the Arch Linux Wiki.

<!-- Keybindings for screenshots --> <keybind key="Print"> <action name="Execute"> <startupnotify> <command>sh -c "import -window root ~/Pictures/$(date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S').png"</command> </action> </keybind>

And I changed the quote at the top, which usually says that the document should be copied or else it will be overwritten.

My OS is Fedora 21, I used raw Openbox, right now I am in Gnome.

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  • Have you diffed that version of the file with the (backup) from before editing it?
    – Anthon
    CommentedJan 7, 2015 at 11:41

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You need to close the <startupnotify> tag with a corresponding </startupnotify>.

See the official documentation.

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  • Oh heck, that's not even supposed to be there... Thanks for pointing it out...
    – Merlin
    CommentedJan 7, 2015 at 7:35
  • Everything is alright again, now the strange "line 749" thing makes sense as well, as the open tag reaches till the end of the file. At least I thing that's why.
    – Merlin
    CommentedJan 7, 2015 at 8:07
  • @Merlin That's correct: XML is pretty unforgiving in that regard...
    – jasonwryan
    CommentedJan 7, 2015 at 8:38

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