* Re: bug#24146: Various window managers need startup services.
[not found] ` <20160803233446.wxs34wwnctniribj@crashnator.suse.cz>
@ 2016-08-08 8:12 ` ng0
2016-08-08 8:15 ` ng0
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From: ng0 @ 2016-08-08 8:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: guix-devel
Tomáš Čech <tcech@suse.com> writes:
> On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 10:42:26PM +0000, ng0 wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>> ng0 <ng0@we.make.ritual.n0.is> skribis:
>>>
>>>> We have gnome and xfce with services to start them in
>>>> gnu/services/desktop.scm.
>>>>
>>>> We should add services for:
>>>>
>>>> * xmonad
>>>> * awesome
>>>> * ratpoison
>>>> * windowmaker
>>>> * sawfish
>>>> * openbox
>>>> * guile-wm
>>>> * i3-wm
>>>> * evilwm
>>>> * dwm
>>>> * bspwm
>>>
>>> Unlike full-blown desktop environments (GNOME, Xfce, KDE), I don’t think
>>> any of these window managers needs a service, because they typically fit
>>> in one package with just one command that needs to be launched.
>>>
>>> Compare this with ‘gnome-service-type’, which needs to extend Polkit and
>>> to add a whole bunch of packages to /run/current-system/profile so that
>>> it can work.
>>>
>>> ratpoison doesn’t need anything like that. :-)
>>>
>>> I’m closing this bug, but let me know if you think I’m overlooking
>>> something!
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Ludo’.
>>
>>
>>Am I overlooking something then?
>>
>>Is a service what is required to make them selectable (cycle by pressing
>>F1) in the SLIM login?
>>I know that they all can be started just with one command, but having
>>them in SLIM would make it more visible as long as we use SLIM.
>
> Desktop files are used for that.
>
> $ ls /gnu/store/*/share/xsessions/
>
> S_W
Well awesome has such a file in share/xsessions/, but just installing
awesome does not help. reconfiguring the system should, with the package
globally available maybe, but as you can see from the bug ticket I had
open it is not entirely clear. We should point out in the manual how
they are started.
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* Re: bug#24146: Various window managers need startup services.
[not found] ` <20160803233446.wxs34wwnctniribj@crashnator.suse.cz>
2016-08-08 8:12 ` bug#24146: Various window managers need startup services ng0
@ 2016-08-08 8:15 ` ng0
1 sibling, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: ng0 @ 2016-08-08 8:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: guix-devel
Tomáš Čech <tcech@suse.com> writes:
> On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 10:42:26PM +0000, ng0 wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>> ng0 <ng0@we.make.ritual.n0.is> skribis:
>>>
>>>> We have gnome and xfce with services to start them in
>>>> gnu/services/desktop.scm.
>>>>
>>>> We should add services for:
>>>>
>>>> * xmonad
>>>> * awesome
>>>> * ratpoison
>>>> * windowmaker
>>>> * sawfish
>>>> * openbox
>>>> * guile-wm
>>>> * i3-wm
>>>> * evilwm
>>>> * dwm
>>>> * bspwm
>>>
>>> Unlike full-blown desktop environments (GNOME, Xfce, KDE), I don’t think
>>> any of these window managers needs a service, because they typically fit
>>> in one package with just one command that needs to be launched.
>>>
>>> Compare this with ‘gnome-service-type’, which needs to extend Polkit and
>>> to add a whole bunch of packages to /run/current-system/profile so that
>>> it can work.
>>>
>>> ratpoison doesn’t need anything like that. :-)
>>>
>>> I’m closing this bug, but let me know if you think I’m overlooking
>>> something!
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Ludo’.
>>
>>
>>Am I overlooking something then?
>>
>>Is a service what is required to make them selectable (cycle by pressing
>>F1) in the SLIM login?
>>I know that they all can be started just with one command, but having
>>them in SLIM would make it more visible as long as we use SLIM.
>
> Desktop files are used for that.
>
> $ ls /gnu/store/*/share/xsessions/
>
> S_W
Never mind the previous email, I am preoccupied with other important
things the next 2 days and thinking is apparently harder than I
thought at the moment. Sorry.
--
♥Ⓐ ng0
Current Keys: https://we.make.ritual.n0.is/ng0.txt
For non-prism friendly talk find me on http://www.psyced.org
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