#!/bin/sh set -ex usage() { set +x printf "\ Usage: %s start [window manager]\n" "$argv0" >>/dev/stderr exit 1 } [ -n "$1" ] || usage # assumption: $HOME contains the path to the user's home directory DISPLAYM_CONFIG="$HOME/.config/displaym"; export DISPLAYM_CONFIG [ -d "$DISPLAYM_CONFIG" ] || mkdir -p "$DISPLAYM_CONFIG" case "$1" in (start) WM="$2"; export WM cat "$DISPLAYM_CONFIG/.xinitrc" "$DISPLAYM_CONFIG/$WM/.xinitrc" >"$HOME/.xinitrc" sh "$DISPLAYM_CONFIG/$WM/start.sh" ;; (stop) sh "$DISPLAYM_CONFIG/$WM/stop.sh" pkill "$WM" ;; (*) usage ;; esac