dot/xinitrc: Search for Emacs 23, and prefer it over other Emacsen.
[profile] / dot / xinitrc
1 #! /bin/bash
2 ###
3 ### X startup script
4
5 ###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
6 ### Utility functions.
7
8 ## Progress indicators.
9 info=yes
10 info () {
11 case $info in yes) echo "- $*" >&2 ;; esac
12 }
13
14 run=yes
15 run () {
16 local what=$1; shift
17 local bg=no
18
19 case $what in bg*) bg=yes what=${what#bg} ;; esac
20 info "run $what: $*"
21
22 case "$run,$bg" in
23 yes,no) "$@" ;;
24 yes,yes) "$@" & ;;
25 esac
26 }
27
28 ## Program choice
29 pick_program () {
30 local what=$1; shift
31 local choice=false
32 for i in "$@"; do
33 if type -t >/dev/null "$i"; then choice=$i; break; fi
34 done
35 info "pick $what = $choice"
36 echo "$choice"
37 }
38
39 ###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
40 ### Parse arguments.
41
42 vnc=no
43 atomtag=
44 start=yes
45 wait=yes
46
47 for opt; do
48 case "$opt" in
49 help)
50 cat <<EOF
51 Options:
52 tag=TAG
53 [no]trace
54 [no]info
55 [no]run
56 [no]start
57 [no]wait
58 [no]vnc
59 EOF
60 exit
61 ;;
62
63 tag=*) atomtag=/${opt#tag=} ;;
64 trace) set -x ;;
65 notrace) set +x ;;
66 info | run | start | wait | vnc) eval "$opt=yes" ;;
67 noinfo | norun | nostart | nowait | novnc) eval "${opt#no}=no" ;;
68
69 *) echo "unknown option $opt" >&2; exit 1 ;;
70 esac
71 done
72
73 ###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
74 ### Iniitial settings.
75
76 ## Assume X sessions are secure.
77 export __mdw_sechost="`hostname`"
78
79 ## Obtain the screen dimensions.
80 case ",$XWIDTH,$XHEIGHT," in
81 *,,*) eval $(xscsize -bx) ;;
82 esac
83 info "screen size = $XWIDTH x $XHEIGHT"
84
85 initialize () {
86 ## Load the X resource database.
87 run init xrdb -override $HOME/.Xdefaults
88
89 ## Random xsettery.
90 run init xset b 10 2000 50
91 run init xset r rate 500 50
92 run init xset m 2 1
93
94 ## Key mappings.
95 xmodmap -e 'keysym BackSpace = BackSpace BackSpace'
96
97 ## Gnome settings.
98 case $vnc in no) run bginit gnome-settings-daemon ;; esac
99 }
100
101 ###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
102 ### Start a window manager.
103
104 wm=$(pick_program window-manager enlightenment e16 twm)
105 wmopts=""
106 case "$wm,$vnc" in
107 enlightenment,yes | e16,yes)
108 wmopts="$eopts -econfdir $HOME/.enlightenment-vnc"
109 ;;
110 esac
111
112 start-window-manager () {
113 run bginit $wm $wmopts
114 }
115
116 ###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
117 ### Random useful clients.
118
119 start-clients-local () { :; }
120
121 start-clients () {
122 ## Mail notification.
123 run bginit mail-notification
124
125 ## System monitor.
126 case $vnc in no) run bginit gkrellm ;; esac
127
128 ## Screensaver.
129 case $vnc in
130 no)
131 run init xscreensaver-command -exit
132 run bginit xscreensaver -no-splash
133 ;;
134 esac
135
136 ## Panel.
137 case $vnc in no) run bginit gnome-panel ;; esac
138
139 ## System tray.
140 run bginit stalonetray
141
142 ## Local clients.
143 start-clients-local
144 }
145
146 ###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
147 ### Main screen layout.
148
149 ## Choose appropriate clients.
150 emacs=$(pick_program emacs emacs23 emacs22 emacs21 emacs)
151 term=$(pick_program terminal pterm Eterm xterm)
152
153 ## Emacs window measurements.
154 case "$emacs" in
155 emacs21 | emacs)
156 e_colwd=492 e_hextra=34
157 e_colchars=82 e_cextra=-2
158 e_lineht=13 e_vextra=52
159 ;;
160 emacs22 | emacs23)
161 e_colwd=492 e_hextra=8
162 e_colchars=82 e_cextra=-6
163 e_lineht=13 e_vextra=46
164 ;;
165 esac
166
167 ## Terminal window measurements.
168 case "$term" in
169 pterm) t_wd=504 t_lineht=13 t_vextra=23 geom=-geometry;;
170 Eterm) t_wd=504 t_lineht=13 t_vextra=23 geom=-g;;
171 xterm) t_wd=507 t_lineht=13 t_vextra=27 geom=-geometry;;
172 esac
173
174 ## GNOME stuff measurements.
175 declare -i xbound="XWIDTH - 113"
176
177 ## Choose a width for Emacs.
178 ##
179 ## We'd like it to be as wide as possible, allowing for a column of xterms
180 ## down the right hand side. However, I'd prefer a double-width Emacs to a
181 ## single-width Emacs and xterms. If it's not going to work at all, a single
182 ## Emacs column will have to do. Also, there's a strange thing with Emacs21
183 ## and the toolbar, so we add on some rows which are later mysteriously
184 ## subtracted.
185
186 declare -i ecols="(xbound - t_wd - e_hextra)/e_colwd"
187 if (( ecols < 2 && xbound > e_colwd * 2 + e_hextra )); then
188 ecols=2
189 elif (( ecols < 1 )); then
190 ecols=1
191 fi
192
193 declare -i \
194 emacsx="ecols * e_colchars + e_cextra" \
195 emacsy="(XHEIGHT - e_vextra)/e_lineht"
196
197 start-emacs () {
198 run bgclients noip $emacs -geometry ${emacsx}x${emacsy}+0+0
199 }
200
201 ## Now place some xterms.
202 ##
203 ## A few smaller xterms are in general better than one great big one. 35
204 ## lines is a good height for most terminals. 25 lines is a minimum. The
205 ## strategy for doling out xterms into a column is to make as many 35-liners
206 ## as we can, until the remaining space would be too small for a 25-liner.
207 ## If we can get two 25s out of that then we do (largest first); otherwise
208 ## just make one big one. We stop at the end of a page, once we've made
209 ## three xterms.
210
211 start-xterms () {
212
213 ## Initialize some parameters.
214 declare -i x="ecols * e_colwd + e_hextra" xb=xbound
215 declare -i n=0 pgx=0 l h y ht
216 declare -i hstd="35 * t_lineht + t_vextra" hmin="25 * t_lineht + t_vextra"
217
218 ## Do the placement.
219 while :; do
220
221 ## Start a new iteration.
222 if ((x + t_wd > xb)); then
223 if ((n >= 3)); then break; fi
224 x="pgx + XWIDTH" pgx="pgx + XWIDTH" xb="xb + XWIDTH"
225 fi
226
227 ## Make large xterms.
228 y=0 ht=XHEIGHT
229 while ((ht - hstd >= hmin)); do
230 run bgclients $term $geom 80x35+$x+$y
231 y="y + hstd" ht="ht - hstd" n="n + 1"
232 done
233
234 ## Fill the remaining space.
235 if ((ht >= 2 * hmin)); then h="ht - hmin"; else h=ht; fi
236 l="(h - t_vextra)/t_lineht" h="l * t_lineht + t_vextra"
237 run bgclients $term $geom 80x$l+$x+$y
238 y="y + h" ht="ht - h" n="n + 1"
239 if ((ht >= hmin)); then
240 run bgclients $term $geom 80x25+$x+$y
241 n="n + 1"
242 fi
243 x="x + t_wd"
244 done
245 }
246
247 ###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
248 ### Requesters.
249
250 req () {
251 declare title=$1 hist=$2; shift 2
252 cmd=$(xgetline -t "$title" -p "Command:" -Hl "$HOME/$hist") &&
253 exec "$@" "$cmd"
254 }
255
256 ###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
257 ### Final waiting.
258
259 atom=XINIT_COMMAND$atomtag
260
261 xwait () {
262 while :; do
263 xatom delete $atom
264 info "waiting on $atom"
265 line=$(xatom wait $atom)
266 info "xatom: $line"
267
268 case "$line" in
269 :help)
270 xmsg -I -t "xinitrc help" -d "xinitrc commands" - <<EOF &
271 :help
272 :emacs :xterms :window-manager :clients
273 :ask-run :ask-command
274 :init
275 :terminal
276 ! SHELL-COMMAND
277 CLIENT
278 EOF
279 ;;
280 :emacs | :xterms | :window-manager | :clients)
281 start-${line#:}
282 ;;
283 :terminal)
284 run bgclients $term
285 ;;
286 :init)
287 initialize
288 ;;
289 :exec)
290 info "restarting xinitrc"
291 exec "$0" wait nostart
292 ;;
293 :ask-run)
294 req "Shell command" .cmd.hist xcatch -FMiscFixed6x13 -- sh -c&
295 ;;
296 :ask-command)
297 req "xinit command" .xinit.hist xatom set XINIT_COMMAND$atomtag&
298 ;;
299 :*)
300 xmsg -E -t "xinitrc error" "Unknown command \`$line'" &
301 ;;
302 !*)
303 eval "${line#!}"
304 ;;
305 *)
306 set -- $line
307 run bgclients "$@"
308 ;;
309 esac
310 done
311 }
312
313 ###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
314 ### Actually start things up.
315
316 if [ -f $HOME/.xinitrc-local ]; then
317 . $HOME/.xinitrc-local
318 fi
319
320 case "$start" in
321 yes)
322 info "starting standard clients"
323 initialize
324 start-window-manager
325 start-clients
326 start-emacs
327 start-xterms
328 ;;
329 no)
330 info "not starting standard clients"
331 ;;
332 esac
333
334 case "$wait" in
335 yes)
336 xwait
337 ;;
338 no)
339 info "not waiting before exit"
340 ;;
341 esac
342
343 ###----- That's all, folks --------------------------------------------------