#!/bin/sh # startx configuration file. # Copyright (C) 2011-2014 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 # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . # Some systems don't set the LANG environment variable when starting xinitrc, # this causes problems for rxvt-unicode-256color which fails to display UTF-8 # characters correctly when LANG is missing and for notify.py which also needs # LANG set (for Python's decode() function). Therefore load my general shell # environment which also includes $LANG. if test -f "$HOME/.shell/env"; then . "$HOME/.shell/env" fi installed() { type "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 } error() { if installed xmessage; then xmessage "$@" & else # Log message to a file which is displayed by my Zsh setup on startup. printf '%s\n' "$*" >>"$HOME/.xinitrc.errors" fi } # Save PID of the most recently started background process. Used to terminate # them when logging out to prevent unused background processes. On some # systems this is only necessary for some programs (like ssh-agent), haven't # yet figured out why. save_background_pid() { background_pids="$background_pids $!" } background_pids= # Options, can be modified in ~/.xinitrc.local. To disable a boolean option # set it to an empty value. # # Default to use a background image. set_background=yes # Default to display a warning if no screen locker is not available. screen_lock_force=yes # Lock screen after x minutes of inactivity. screen_lock_time=3 # Locker program to lock the screen (with xautolock). screen_locker=xtrlock # Load settings for the local system. if test -f "$HOME/.xinitrc.local"; then . "$HOME/.xinitrc.local" fi # Start ssh-agent if no agent is running, thanks to # http://code.haskell.org/XMonadContrib/scripts/xinitrc (read on 2011-06-19). if test -z "$SSH_AGENT_PID" && test -x /usr/bin/ssh-agent; then # -s to force bourne shell output. This file is a bourne shell script even # if the environment might suggest otherwise. eval `/usr/bin/ssh-agent -s` >/dev/null fi # Use a black background for the root window. xsetroot -solid black # Force English keyboard layout. if installed setxkbmap; then setxkbmap -option compose:menu us fi # Use the Caps lock as Ctrl because it's easier to reach and very useful for # all programs. Caps lock is removed completely. Thanks to # http://snarfed.org/space/switch%20control%20and%20caps%20lock if xmodmap | grep -E '^lock.*Caps_Lock' >/dev/null; then xmodmap -e 'remove Lock = Caps_Lock' xmodmap -e 'remove Control = Control_L' xmodmap -e 'keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L' xmodmap -e 'add Control = Control_L' fi # Move grave and tilde next to left shift key. This setting may only be # necessary because of my German keyboard which I use with an English layout. xmodmap -e 'keycode 94 = grave asciitilde' # Enable scrolling with trackpoint and middle mouse on Thinkpads, also disable # touchpad. Thanks to DerRoteBaron. if xinput 2>/dev/null | grep 'TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint' >/dev/null; then xinput set-int-prop "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint" "Evdev Wheel Emulation" 8 1 xinput set-int-prop "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint" "Evdev Wheel Emulation Button" 8 2 xinput set-int-prop "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint" "Evdev Wheel Emulation Axes" 8 6 7 4 5 xinput --disable "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" fi # Disable annoying audio bell. Thanks to Sebastian Rachuj. xset b off # Load settings for X programs. Xdefaults is deprecated. xrdb "$HOME/.Xresources" # Change the background if available. if test -f "$HOME/.background" && test -n "$set_background"; then if installed hsetroot; then hsetroot -full "$HOME/.background" 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 installed remind && test -f "$HOME/.reminders"; then remind -z1 -k'.shell/bin/notify.py %s &' "$HOME/.reminders" & save_background_pid fi # Set color temperature of display according to time of day. if installed redshift; then redshift -l 49.9:10.9 -t 5500:4500 >/dev/null & fi # Start best available screen locker. xlockscreen=`"$HOME/.xlockscreen" start "$screen_lock_time" "$screen_locker"` if test $? -ne 0 && test -n "$screen_lock_force"; then error "$xlockscreen" fi # Use compton to get transparent windows. See ~/.Xresources for configuration # of urxvt. if installed compton; then compton & # xcompmgr as fallback. elif installed xcompmgr; then xcompmgr & fi # My window manager doesn't start a terminal emulator on its own, start one # when I login. (urxvt || rxvt || xterm) & # Start window manager. failed= if installed herbstluftwm; then herbstluftwm --locked || failed=1 elif installed xmonad; then xmonad || failed=1 elif installed stumpwm; then stumpwm || failed=1 else failed='no window manager found' fi # Fallback in case my window manager failed to start. Otherwise X terminates # the session immediately (because xinitrc finishes). if test -n "$failed"; then if test x"$failed" = x1; then failed='failed to start window manager' fi error "$failed (spawning fallback terminal)" urxvt || rxvt || xterm fi # Cleanup. # # Kill ssh-agent to prevent unused background processes. if test -x /usr/bin/ssh-agent; then /usr/bin/ssh-agent -k >/dev/null # No `eval` necessary, we terminate anyway. fi # Kill remaining background processes. if test -n "$background_pids"; then kill $background_pids fi