@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ static KeyCode   keys[OB_NUM_KEYS];
 static gint      exitcode = 0;
 static guint     remote_control = 0;
 static gboolean  being_replaced = FALSE;
+static gchar    *config_file = NULL;
 
 static void signal_handler(gint signal, gpointer data);
 static void remove_args(gint *argc, gchar **argv, gint index, gint num);
@@ -246,17 +247,26 @@ /* start up config which sets up with the parser */
                 config_startup(i);
 
                 /* parse/load user options */
-                if (parse_load_rc(NULL, &doc, &node)) {
+                if (parse_load_rc(config_file, &doc, &node)) {
                     parse_tree(i, doc, node->xmlChildrenNode);
                     parse_close(doc);
-                } else
+                }
+                else {
                     g_message(_("Unable to find a valid config file, using some simple defaults"));
+                    config_file = NULL;
+                }
 
-/*
-                if (config_type != NULL)
-                    PROP_SETS(RootWindow(ob_display, ob_screen),
-                              ob_config, config_type);
-*/
+                if (config_file) {
+                    gchar *p = g_filename_to_utf8(config_file, -1,
+                                                  NULL, NULL, NULL);
+                    if (p)
+                        PROP_SETS(RootWindow(ob_display, ob_screen),
+                                  ob_config_file, p);
+                    g_free(p);
+                }
+                else
+                    PROP_ERASE(RootWindow(ob_display, ob_screen),
+                               ob_config_file);
 
                 /* we're done with parsing now, kill it */
                 parse_shutdown(i);
@@ -489,6 +499,7 @@ g_print(_("\nOptions:\n"));
     g_print(_("  --help              Display this help and exit\n"));
     g_print(_("  --version           Display the version and exit\n"));
     g_print(_("  --replace           Replace the currently running window manager\n"));
+    g_print(_("  --config-file FILE  Specify the path to the config file to use\n"));
     g_print(_("  --sm-disable        Disable connection to the session manager\n"));
     g_print(_("\nPassing messages to a running Openbox instance:\n"));
     g_print(_("  --reconfigure       Reload Openbox's configuration\n"));
@@ -565,6 +576,18 @@ remote_control = 2;
         }
         else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--exit")) {
             remote_control = 3;
+        }
+        else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--config-file")) {
+            if (i == *argc - 1) /* no args left */
+                /* not translated cuz it's sekret */
+                g_printerr(_("--config-file requires an argument\n"));
+            else {
+                /* this will be in the current locale encoding, which is
+                   what we want */
+                config_file = argv[i+1];
+                ++i; /* skip the argument */
+                ob_debug("--config-file %s\n", config_file);
+            }
         }
         else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--sm-save-file")) {
             if (i == *argc - 1) /* no args left */

@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ */
 
     CREATE(openbox_pid, "_OPENBOX_PID");
     CREATE(ob_theme, "_OB_THEME");
+    CREATE(ob_config_file, "_OB_CONFIG_FILE");
     CREATE(ob_wm_action_undecorate, "_OB_WM_ACTION_UNDECORATE");
     CREATE(ob_wm_state_undecorated, "_OB_WM_STATE_UNDECORATED");
     CREATE(ob_control, "_OB_CONTROL");

@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ Atom ob_wm_action_undecorate;
     Atom ob_wm_state_undecorated;
     Atom openbox_pid; /* this is depreecated in favour of ob_control */
     Atom ob_theme;
+    Atom ob_config_file;
     Atom ob_control;
 } Atoms;
 extern Atoms prop_atoms;

@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ supported[i++] = prop_atoms.ob_wm_action_undecorate;
     supported[i++] = prop_atoms.ob_wm_state_undecorated;
     supported[i++] = prop_atoms.openbox_pid;
     supported[i++] = prop_atoms.ob_theme;
+    supported[i++] = prop_atoms.ob_config_file;
     supported[i++] = prop_atoms.ob_control;
     g_assert(i == num_support);
 

@@ -79,25 +79,21 @@ c->data = data;
     g_hash_table_insert(i->callbacks, c->tag, c);
 }
 
-gboolean parse_load_rc(const gchar *type, xmlDocPtr *doc, xmlNodePtr *root)
+gboolean parse_load_rc(const gchar *file, xmlDocPtr *doc, xmlNodePtr *root)
 {
     GSList *it;
     gboolean r = FALSE;
-    gchar *fname;
 
-    if (type == NULL)
-        fname = g_strdup("rc.xml");
-    else
-        fname = g_strdup_printf("rc-%s.xml", type);
+    if (file && parse_load(file, "openbox_config", doc, root))
+        return TRUE;
 
     for (it = xdg_config_dir_paths; !r && it; it = g_slist_next(it)) {
         gchar *path;
 
-        path = g_build_filename(it->data, "openbox", fname, NULL);
+        path = g_build_filename(it->data, "openbox", "rc.xml", NULL);
         r = parse_load(path, "openbox_config", doc, root);
         g_free(path);
     }
-    g_free(fname);
 
     return r;
 }

@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ ObParseInst* parse_startup();
 void parse_shutdown(ObParseInst *inst);
 
 /*! Loads Openbox's rc, from the normal paths
-  @type The configuration type to load, or NULL to use the default.
-        e.g. "gnome" would load rc-gnome.xml.
+  @param file The path of the config to try load.  NULL to load from the
+         default path
  */
-gboolean parse_load_rc(const gchar *type, xmlDocPtr *doc, xmlNodePtr *root);
+gboolean parse_load_rc(const gchar *file, xmlDocPtr *doc, xmlNodePtr *root);
 /* Loads an Openbox menu, from the normal paths */
 gboolean parse_load_menu(const gchar *file, xmlDocPtr *doc, xmlNodePtr *root);
 /* Loads an Openbox theme, from the normal paths */