Good, I might've missed that. Would it possible to the installation page refer to the other? Hope I'm not sounding pushy, just want to facilitate things for new users. Cheers, Eduardo On Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 9:58:30 AM UTC+11 Tycho Andersen wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 03:54:08PM -0700, Eduardo Queiroz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > As Ubuntu/Debian does not have the have qtile packages anymore, users > need > > to use the source to install it. The procedures are pretty > straightforward. > > However, when they logout the session and then try to start a new one > they > > will see qtile is not an option. This is due to the fact qtile does not > > create a .desktop file in xsession. I would like to ask the developer to > > add this info in the webpage so that new qtile users (specially those > who > > don't have much experience) don't need to try to figure out that by > > themselves. > > > > It would be something like this: > > > > "After installing qtile it is necessary to create a qtile.desktop file > in > > order to qtile appear in the login screen as an option. For that, use a > > text editor and paste the lines below and save the file anywhere > > > > [Desktop Entry] > > 2 Name=Qtile > > 3 Comment=Qtile Session > > 4 Exec=qtile start > > 5 Type=Application > > 6 Keywords=tiling;wm > > > > Change the owner to root > > sudo chown root:root > > > > Move the file > > sudo mv <file-location>/qtile.desktop /usr/share/xsessions > > > > Now you can logout/restart the system" > > http://docs.qtile.org/en/v0.9.1/manual/config/index.html#starting-qtile > > Pull requests welcome. > > Tycho > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qtile-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/b414907d-8b9b-493b-a808-5b507760da24n%40googlegroups.com.
