autodetermine wm

1 files changed, 32 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/.xinitrc b/.xinitrc
index 9bb70b1..beb01e7 100644
--- a/.xinitrc
+++ b/.xinitrc
@@ -10,10 +10,37 @@
 
 [ -f ~/.xprofile ] && . ~/.xprofile
 
+startlarbs() {
+	# Here, LARBS decides whether to boot dwm or i3. It will boot what is manually
+	# set in ~/.local/share/larbs/wm, otherwise it will test to see if dwm is
+	# installed, in which case it will load dwm. It will assume i3 otherwise.
 
-# Here we start dwm.
-# The loop is just to enable dwm's "restart" feature (mod+F2).
+	LARBSWM="$(cat ~/.local/share/larbs/wm 2>/dev/null)" ||
+		{ LARBSWM="$(type dwm >/dev/null 2>&1)" && LARBSWM="dwm" ;} ||
+		{ LARBSWM="$(type i3 >/dev/null 2>&1)" && LARBSWM="i3" ;}
 
-while :; do
-	ssh-agent dwm || break
-done
+	# To be clear, you can run:
+	#	echo dwm > ~/.local/share/larbs/wm
+	# to set dwm as your default LARBS WM (or echo i3 for i3).
+
+	# Here we start the window manager, whichever it's supposed to be.
+	# Note that we set the different status bar commands here too.
+
+	case "$LARBSWM" in
+		dwm)
+			export FILE="lf"
+			export STATUSBAR="dwmblocks"
+			# The loop is just to enable dwm's "restart" feature (mod+F2).
+			while :; do
+				ssh-agent dwm || break
+			done
+			;;
+		i3)
+			export FILE="ranger"
+			export STATUSBAR="i3blocks"
+			exec i3
+			;;
+		*) echo "No valid LARBS window manager detected." ;;
+	esac ;}
+
+startlarbs