xinitrc: Search PATH when checking for binaries.

[config/dotfiles.git] / xinitrc

diff --git a/xinitrc b/xinitrc
index 35bbe22f6157952d17fd9bf583f040198f3598ee..58d401f8e3106a07b83d96f42110e908ecc5781d 100755 (executable)
--- a/xinitrc
+++ b/xinitrc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # startx configuration file.
 
-# Copyright (C) 2011-2012  Simon Ruderich
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2013  Simon Ruderich
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 export LANG
 
 
+installed() {
+    type "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+
 # Start ssh-agent if we have private keys, thanks to
 # http://code.haskell.org/XMonadContrib/scripts/xinitrc (read on 2011-06-19).
 if test -x /usr/bin/ssh-agent && test -f "$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa"; then
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ fi
 xsetroot -solid black
 
 # Force English keyboard layout.
-if test -x /usr/bin/setxkbmap; then
+if installed setxkbmap; then
     setxkbmap us
 fi
 
@@ -56,20 +61,26 @@ fi
 
 # Change the background if available.
 if test -f "$HOME/.background" && test -n "$set_background"; then
-    if test -x /usr/bin/hsetroot; then
+    if installed hsetroot; then
         hsetroot -full "$HOME/.background"
-    elif test -x /usr/bin/feh; then
+    elif installed feh; then
         feh --bg-scale "$HOME/.background"
+        # Remove the unnecessary ~/.fehbg file created by `feh`. I don't want
+        # to restore the background, I just run `feh` on each startx run.
         # --no-fehbg is only available in recent feh releases.
         rm -f "$HOME/.fehbg"
     fi
 fi
 
 # Display timed reminders and recheck the file for changes every minute (-z1).
-if test -x /usr/bin/remind && test -f "$HOME/.reminders"; then
+if installed remind && test -f "$HOME/.reminders"; then
     remind -z1 -k'.shell/bin/notify.py %s &' "$HOME/.reminders" &
 fi
 
+
+# XMonad doesn't start a shell on its own, start one when I login.
+(urxvt || rxvt || xterm) &
+
 # Start XMonad.
 xmonad