#!/bin/sh # The user can specify his prefered WM by setting the WINDOW_MANAGER # environment variable. # # If this is not set, we search a list of known windowmanagers and use # the first one that is found in the users's PATH # # sm-client-id value SMID= # default-wm value DEFWM= #read in the arguments GET= for n in "$@" ; do case "$GET" in smid) SMID=$n GET= ;; defwm) DEFWM=$n GET= ;; *) case "$n" in --sm-client-id) GET=smid ;; --default-wm) GET=defwm ;; esac ;; esac done # WINDOW_MANAGER overrides all OLDIFS=$IFS IFS=":" if [ -z "$WINDOW_MANAGER" ] ; then if [ -z "$DEFWM" -o "x$DEFWM" = "xgnome-wm" ]; then for wm in sawfish sawmill metacity enlightenment icewm wmaker fvwm2 qvwm fvwm twm kwm ; do for dir in $PATH ; do if [ -x "$dir/$wm" ] ; then WINDOW_MANAGER="$dir/$wm" break 2 fi done done else WINDOW_MANAGER=$DEFWM fi fi IFS=$OLDIFS # If no window manager can be found, we default to xterm if [ -z "$WINDOW_MANAGER" ] ; then echo "WARNING: No window manager can be found." WINDOW_MANAGER=xterm fi # Now create options OPT1 and OPT2 based on the windowmanager used OPT1= OPT2= if [ ! -z "$SMID" ] ; then case `basename $WINDOW_MANAGER` in sawfish|sawmill|metacity) OPT1=--sm-client-id=$SMID ;; enlightenment|twm) OPT1=-clientId OPT2=$SMID ;; #FIXME: add all other windowmanagers here with their proper options esac fi # Store the selected WM so the wm-properties-capplet can find it gconftool-2 -t string -s "/desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager/default" $WINDOW_MANAGER exec $WINDOW_MANAGER $OPT1 $OPT2 echo "ERROR: No window manager could run!"