[Nix-dev] wmii and xrandr

[Lluís Batlle]

I use a loop like this for my dwm, in my sessionstarter script:

xsetroot -solid "LightSkyBlue4"
while ! ( statusbar ) | /home/viric/bin/dwm; do echo dwm restarted ; done
exit -1 # Because the session script in my home is called in a while loop.


2009/3/12, Marc Weber <marco-oweber at gmx.de>:
>
>  Hi,
>
>  AFAIK wmii doesn't have any support for switching screen resolutions..
>  Howwever it when you kill it it stores the window tag associatons.
>  so one way to rotate your screen or switch resolution is using
>
>  xrand --size 600x800; kill wmii # then restart wmii..
>
>  However you can't restart wmii because the xsession ends.
>
>  So does someone mind me changing the fix-style branch wmii windowManager
>  start session script this way?
>
>  diff --git a/upstart-jobs/xserver/windowManager/wmii.nix
>  b/upstart-jobs/xserver/windowManager/wmii.nix
>  index 59a88f9..50d6a3d 100644
>  --- a/upstart-jobs/xserver/windowManager/wmii.nix
>  +++ b/upstart-jobs/xserver/windowManager/wmii.nix
>  @@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ in
>          session = mkIf cfg.enable [{
>            name = "wmii";
>            start = "
>  +          while :; do
>              ${pkgs.wmiiSnap}/bin/wmii &
>              waitPID=$!
>  +          done
>            ";
>          }];
>        };
>
>
>  Then wmii will be restarted forever and you'll be able to switch
>  rotation occasionally.
>
>
>  Marc Weber
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