Re: tuning my startup sequence (xrandr)

Eric Fraga <e.fraga-hclig2XLE9Zaa/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.window-managers.ratpoison.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Joe Corneli <[email protected]>
writes:

>> Maybe I just need to adjust the ratpoison.desktop file so that it
>> launches my .xinitrc...
>
> OK, this chain seems to get the job done:
>
> 8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<
> /usr/share/xsessions/custom.desktop
>
> [Desktop Entry]
>  Encoding=UTF-8
>  Name=Custom
>  Exec=/home/jac2349/.xinitrc
>  Comment=Custom setup
>  Icon=
>  Type=Application

I was trying to avoid having an individual's own path in the session
definitions.  Is there any way to specify ${HOME} or equivalent?  This
is why I used a shell script that then invokes the user's own .xsession
(equiv. .xinitrc).

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: Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.1.50.1 + Ma Gnus v0.6
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