bug#24146: Various window managers need startup services.
Hi, ng0 skribis: > Is a service what is required to make them selectable (cycle by pressing > F1) in the SLIM login? No, all you need is to add them to the ‘packages’ field of the OS, as in the example at (search for “lightweight window managers”): https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Using-the-Configuration-System.html#System-Services HTH! Ludo’.
bug#24146: Various window managers need startup services.
Hi, Ludovic Courtès writes: > ng0 skribis: > >> We have gnome and xfce with services to start them in >> gnu/services/desktop.scm. >> >> We should add services for: >> >> * xmonad >> * awesome >> * ratpoison >> * windowmaker >> * sawfish >> * openbox >> * guile-wm >> * i3-wm >> * evilwm >> * dwm >> * bspwm > > Unlike full-blown desktop environments (GNOME, Xfce, KDE), I don’t think > any of these window managers needs a service, because they typically fit > in one package with just one command that needs to be launched. > > Compare this with ‘gnome-service-type’, which needs to extend Polkit and > to add a whole bunch of packages to /run/current-system/profile so that > it can work. > > ratpoison doesn’t need anything like that. :-) > > I’m closing this bug, but let me know if you think I’m overlooking > something! > > Thank you, > Ludo’. Am I overlooking something then? Is a service what is required to make them selectable (cycle by pressing F1) in the SLIM login? I know that they all can be started just with one command, but having them in SLIM would make it more visible as long as we use SLIM. We could also have system config parts for them, for example to make the awesome-wm config adjustable in the system. -- ♥Ⓐ ng0 Current Keys: https://we.make.ritual.n0.is/ng0.txt For non-prism friendly talk find me on http://www.psyced.org
bug#24146: Various window managers need startup services.
ng0 skribis: > We have gnome and xfce with services to start them in > gnu/services/desktop.scm. > > We should add services for: > > * xmonad > * awesome > * ratpoison > * windowmaker > * sawfish > * openbox > * guile-wm > * i3-wm > * evilwm > * dwm > * bspwm Unlike full-blown desktop environments (GNOME, Xfce, KDE), I don’t think any of these window managers needs a service, because they typically fit in one package with just one command that needs to be launched. Compare this with ‘gnome-service-type’, which needs to extend Polkit and to add a whole bunch of packages to /run/current-system/profile so that it can work. ratpoison doesn’t need anything like that. :-) I’m closing this bug, but let me know if you think I’m overlooking something! Thank you, Ludo’.
bug#24146: Various window managers need startup services.
We have gnome and xfce with services to start them in gnu/services/desktop.scm. We should add services for: * xmonad * awesome * ratpoison * windowmaker * sawfish * openbox * guile-wm * i3-wm * evilwm * dwm * bspwm And the ones I probably forgot due to bad keywords in their description. -- ♥Ⓐ ng0 Current Keys: https://we.make.ritual.n0.is/ng0.txt For non-prism friendly talk find me on http://www.psyced.org
