herbstluftwm/autostart: Log output in xinitrc.

[config/dotfiles.git] / xinitrc

diff --git a/xinitrc b/xinitrc
index 56834a9b261dfb0539682e36de083934aec12ac9..7ba1d8c6fd9f4781e503932eab5b9ce1d26e9de6 100755 (executable)
--- a/xinitrc
+++ b/xinitrc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ error() {
         xmessage "$@" &
     else
         # Log message to a file which is displayed by my Zsh setup on startup.
-        echo "$*" >> "$HOME/.xinitrc.errors"
+        printf '%s\n' "$*" >>"$HOME/.xinitrc.errors"
     fi
 }
 # Save PID of the most recently started background process. Used to terminate
@@ -149,7 +149,16 @@ fi
 (urxvt || rxvt || xterm) &
 
 # Start window manager.
-xmonad
+if installed herbstluftwm; then
+    herbstluftwm --locked >~/.config/herbstluftwm/log 2>&1
+elif installed xmonad; then
+    xmonad
+elif installed stumpwm; then
+    stumpwm
+else
+    error 'no window manager found (sleeping for 3600 seconds)'
+    sleep 3600
+fi
 
 
 # Cleanup.