rbsession

rbsession is a little utility to select and run an X desktop environment.

prereqs

you're gonna want:

• Xdialog
• Ruby (have tested on 3.1)
  • Psych (YAML parser)
• an X server

setup

i'm going to assume you're using xenodm or another display manager that just invokes your xinitrc, since that's what i built rbsession around!

first you'll want to download the source code:

git clone https://git.tobskep.com/tobskep/rbsession/ ~/.rbsession

now add it to your xinitrc file (preferably at the end, if it's not the only thing):

+ ruby ~/.rbsession/main.rb

and create/populate ~/.sessions.yml:

mate:
  name: MATE (GNOME 2)
  exec: mate-session
wmaker:
  name: WindowMaker
  exec: wmaker

config structure

my-desktop:
  name: "pretty-printed name for the list"
  exec: "# command to run when this desktop is selected"
my-other-desktop:
  name: "same as above"
  exec: "rm -rf /*"