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Author: Joel Roth
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Recovering startx
On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 07:47:25PM +0200, viverna via Dng wrote:
> il devuanizzato Joel Roth via Dng <dng@???> il 23-09-24 16:57:27 ha scritto:
> > > If you don't want use startx you want may try my software 'ax'.
> >
> > Do you have a link?
> Yes:
> https://notabug.org/viverna/ax
>
> Execute: ax [your_favorite_wmde]
> for example:
> ax lxde
> ax kde
> ax xterm
> 'ax' without parameters run last WM/DE or the default.
>
> There is also a man page.
>
> ax understands WM/DE reading $ETCPREFIX/etc/ax/client
> (for me $ETCPREFIX is /usr/local).
> "client" file has a very simple syntax (you can simply modify it):
> NAME_WMDE NAME_EXECUTABLE MULTIPLE_ARGS_EXECUTABLE
>
> for example:
> https://notabug.org/viverna/ax/src/master/etc/client


Looks convenient, although from the README one is left
wondering if ax creating .xinitrc would clobber an existing
.xinitrc. (Side note, I see I have duplicate setup code
in .xinitrc and .xsession.)



--
Joel Roth