Tomáš Čech <tc...@suse.com> writes: > On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 10:42:26PM +0000, ng0 wrote: >>Hi, >> >>Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes: >> >>> ng0 <n...@we.make.ritual.n0.is> 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. > > Desktop files are used for that. > > $ ls /gnu/store/*/share/xsessions/ > > S_W
Well awesome has such a file in share/xsessions/, but just installing awesome does not help. reconfiguring the system should, with the package globally available maybe, but as you can see from the bug ticket I had open it is not entirely clear. We should point out in the manual how they are started. -- ♥Ⓐ ng0 Current Keys: https://we.make.ritual.n0.is/ng0.txt For non-prism friendly talk find me on http://www.psyced.org
