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Launch a program individually with X thanks to .xinitrc

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  1. #!/bin/bash
  2.  
  3. # Thanks to Alberto Ferreira for an initial
  4. # development. You can find it in:
  5. # https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=76774
  6. #
  7. # http://www.eneseblog.com
  8.  
  9. XINIT_FILE="`echo ~`/.xinitrc"
  10. ARGS1="$*"
  11.  
  12. function GenChanges
  13. {
  14.  
  15. 	echo -n "Making ${XINIT_FILE} backup ... "
  16. 	cp -p ${XINIT_FILE} ${XINIT_FILE}_gui_app_bak && echo "ok" || echo "ERROR"
  17.  
  18. 	echo -n "Writing ${XINIT_FILE} with \"EXEC ${ARGS1}\" ... "
  19. 	echo "exec ${ARGS1}" > ${XINIT_FILE} && echo "ok" || echo "ERROR"
  20. 	echo
  21. 	echo "Starting X"
  22.  
  23. 	xinit
  24.  
  25. 	echo -n "Restoring ${XINIT_FILE} backup ... "
  26. 	mv ${XINIT_FILE}_gui_app_bak ${XINIT_FILE} && echo "ok" || echo "ERROR"
  27.  
  28. }
  29.  
  30. if [ -f ${XINIT_FILE} ]; then
  31.  
  32. 	GenChanges
  33.  
  34. else
  35.  
  36. 	rep="yes"
  37.  
  38. 	echo "Make a blank ${XINIT_FILE} (yes/no)? [yes] "
  39. 	read rep
  40.  
  41. 	if [[ $rep == "yes" || $rep == "" ]]; then
  42.  
  43. 		echo -n "Making a blank ${XINIT_FILE} ... "
  44. 		touch "${XINIT_FILE}" && echo "ok" || echo "ERROR"
  45. 		GenChanges
  46.  
  47. 	else
  48.  
  49. 		echo "ABORTING"
  50. 		exit 5
  51.  
  52. 	fi
  53.  
  54. fi

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