Move from KDE4.2 to xfce or fluxbox - why not?

On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:35:14 GMT, notbob <notbob.TakeThisOut@nothome.com> wrote:

>On 2009-10-08, notbob <notbob.TakeThisOut@nothome.com> wrote:
>> On 2009-10-08, Ron Gibson <rsgibson.TakeThisOut@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, I know how to set it up. What I should have said is try to
>>> remember what I did in the past to be able to select which desktop
>>> from the CLI. I don't like using gdm or kdm or whatever those things
>>> are.
>>
>> After login:
>>
>> $ startx /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.fluxbox
>>
>> ....or whatever desktops you have in installed in the above dir.
>
>Hah!! I've wanted to do this forever.
>
>Now that I've been studying some basic scripting, I've learned enough
>to be dangerous. Steal a little here, copy a little there, snip, add,
>subtract, bwahahahah....
>
>Here is my bash menu script to choose a wm/desktop from the login
>prompt for the default choices in a full slack install. Naturally, I
>make no guarantees and am not responsible if your dell laptop melts
>down to a puddle of day-glo pink. I will say it works fine on my
>slack 13 desktop and only if you don't have an x session already
>running. It could no doubt use some refinement and added
>functionality (like a 2nd x session), but I'll do that when I get
>there. Enjoy:
>
>----------------------
>
>#!/bin/bash
>
>while :
....
>done

Perhaps:
#!/bin/bash

wmpath="/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc"
default="blackbox"

while :
do
clear
echo " -== CHOOSE A DESKTOP ==-
1. blackbox
2. fluxbox
3. fvwm2
4. xfce
5. twm
6. wmaker
7. kde
"
printf " %s" "Enter number of desktop [1-7]: "
read opt

case $opt in
1) startx $wmpath.blackbox;;
2) startx $wmpath.fluxbox;;
3) startx $wmpath.fvwm2;;
4) startx $wmpath.xfce;;
5) startx $wmpath.twm;;
6) startx $wmpath.wmaker;;
7) startx $wmpath.kde;;
*) startx $wmpath.$default;;
esac
done

If you must use a menu, try to keep one set of options, a single
array for the desktop type would be better -- I'll let you discover
how 'echo -n' is frowned upon, use printf instead (much more
versatile for print formatting).

Grant.
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On 08 Oct 2009 18:32:43 GMT, Loki Harfagr <l0k1.TakeThisOut@thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID> wrote:

....
>> Feel free to dogpile. I need all the help I can get.
>>
>> nb
>
>Sidney! Get out immediatly off this body!

My first thought too, but then I hadda play a little golf

Grant.
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