starting a window manager with xinitrc

starting a window manager with xinitrc

[Andrew Erlanger]

Hello, Guix users. I've managed to get GuixSD running and am enjoying it
so far. To begin learning about the system, though, I am trying to set
up a minimal environment, and am having some trouble figuring things out.

Specifically, I use the Emacs X Window Manager (found at
https://github.com/ch11ng/exwm), usually called exwm. What I can't
figure out is how to ``properly'' get exwm to be my primary window
manager, and to start from the login manager. Usually setting up exwm is
as simple as installing it from elpa, and then copying/linking the
provided xinitrc to the user's home directory. But I can't figure out
the equivalent method for GuixSD. Can someone point me in the right
direction? Thank you.

Re: starting a window manager with xinitrc

[Mark H Weaver]

Hi,

Andrew Erlanger <andrew.erlanger@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello, Guix users. I've managed to get GuixSD running and am enjoying it
> so far. To begin learning about the system, though, I am trying to set
> up a minimal environment, and am having some trouble figuring things out.
>
> Specifically, I use the Emacs X Window Manager (found at
> https://github.com/ch11ng/exwm), usually called exwm. What I can't
> figure out is how to ``properly'' get exwm to be my primary window
> manager, and to start from the login manager. Usually setting up exwm is
> as simple as installing it from elpa, and then copying/linking the
> provided xinitrc to the user's home directory. But I can't figure out
> the equivalent method for GuixSD. Can someone point me in the right
> direction? Thank you.

If you create ~/.xsession, making sure that it has a proper shebang and
is executable, it will be run when you log into X, ignoring whatever
window manager selection was made within SLiM.  The last thing
~/.xsession should do is to run your window manager in the foreground.

       Mark