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- #!/bin/sh
-
- # The user can specify his prefered WM by setting the WINDOW_MANAGER
- # environment variable or setting the
- # /desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager/default gconf key.
- #
- # 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 "$n" in
- --sm-client-id)
- GET=smid
- ;;
- --default-wm)
- GET=defwm
- ;;
- esac
- ;;
- esac
- done
-
- # Get previously set window manager in gconf
- if [ ! "$DEFWM" ]; then
- DEFWM=`gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager/default 2>/dev/null`
- fi
-
- # If not exist, set to metacity.
- if [ ! -x "$DEFWM" ]; then
- gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager/default /usr/bin/metacity --type string
- DEFWM=/usr/bin/metacity
- fi
-
- # WINDOW_MANAGER overrides all
-
- if [ -z "$WINDOW_MANAGER" ] ; then
- # Create a list of window manager we can handle, trying to only use the
- # compositing ones when it makes sense
-
- xdpyinfo 2> /dev/null | grep -q "^ *Composite$" 2> /dev/null
- IS_X_COMPOSITED=$?
-
- KNOWN_WM="sawfish sawmill enlightenment icewm wmaker fvwm2 qvwm fvwm twm kwm"
- if [ $IS_X_COMPOSITED -eq 0 ] ; then
- KNOWN_WM="compiz $KNOWN_WM"
- fi
- # metacity is still the default wm in GNOME
- KNOWN_WM="metacity $KNOWN_WM"
-
- OLDIFS=$IFS
- if [ -z "$DEFWM" -o "x$DEFWM" = "xgnome-wm" ]; then
- for wm in $KNOWN_WM ; do
- IFS=":"
- for dir in $PATH ; do
- if [ -x "$dir/$wm" ] ; then
- WINDOW_MANAGER="$dir/$wm"
- break 2
- fi
- done
- IFS=$OLDIFS
- done
- else
- WINDOW_MANAGER=$DEFWM
- fi
- IFS=$OLDIFS
- fi
-
- # If no window manager can be found, we default to xterm
-
- if [ -z "$WINDOW_MANAGER" ] ; then
- echo "WARNING: No window manager can be found."
- WINDOW_MANAGER=`readlink /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator 2>/dev/null`
- fi
-
- # Now create options OPT1, OPT2 and OPT3 based on the windowmanager used
- OPT1=
- OPT2=
- OPT3=
- if [ ! -z "$SMID" ] ; then
- case `basename $WINDOW_MANAGER` in
- sawfish|sawmill|metacity)
- OPT1=--sm-client-id=$SMID
- ;;
- openbox|enlightenment|e16)
- OPT1=--sm-client-id
- OPT2=$SMID
- ;;
- twm)
- OPT1=-clientId
- OPT2=$SMID
- ;;
- lwm)
- OPT1=-s
- OPT2=$SMID
- ;;
- fvwm)
- OPT1=-i
- OPT2=$SMID
- ;;
- compiz)
- OPT1=--sm-client-id
- OPT2=$SMID
- ;;
- #FIXME: add all other windowmanagers here with their proper options
- esac
- fi
-
- case `basename $WINDOW_MANAGER` in
- compiz)
- gtk-window-decorator &
- OPT3=gconf
- ;;
- esac
-
- # Store the selected WM with gconf
- gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager/current "$WINDOW_MANAGER"
-
- exec $WINDOW_MANAGER $OPT1 $OPT2 $OPT3
-
- echo "ERROR: No window manager could run!"
-