Yes, sounds like a good idea to me, shall I write a spec for it? I would also like to include in the spec: * autostarting applications on mounted media (see gnome-volume-manager) * dependencies between autostarting applications
And what about: * support for setting environment vars? * support for shutdown scripts? Cheers, Waldo On Friday 01 July 2005 18:43, seventh guardian wrote: > Hi! > > After being using kde since ever, I gave a try to xfce. The real pain was > to reconfigure the "basic" stuff, like autostarting programs and xmodmaps. > I used to have these scripts in ~/.kde/Autostart, but that obviously > doesn't work for xfce.. The xmodmaps were solved after getting to know the > ~/.xprofile file, but for the starting of programs, that was a tricky > thing. > > Currently, kde has the autostart dir in ~/.kde/Autostart, fluxbox has an > autostart script in ~/.fluxbox/startup, and xfce uses the > ~/Desktop/Autostart. This last dir is suposed to be a standard, but the > fact is that it's only used (as far as I know) by xfce. > > Also, having a dir in ~/Desktop/ for autostarting programs is rather > annoying, as ~/Desktop/ should be used only for the things showing up on > the desktop. In xfce this poses no problem, because it doesn't have desktop > icons, but I also use kde (at least for now), and it just gets in the way.. > > So, following the XDG base dir specs, I sugest using > $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart/ for this. It has the advantage of using an > unified location, and not getting in the way (as it can be hidden if using > for instance ~/.config). > > Also, this idea could be extended if someone wanted to run DM specific > programs. So one could use $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart/kde/ for kde specific > startup scripts, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart/gnome/ for gnome, and > $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart/all/ for general startup scripts (scripts that > run for all DM's). > > Waiting for feedback.. Cheers, > Renato Caldas > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Messenger: converse com os seus amigos online. > http://messenger.msn.com.br > > _______________________________________________ > xdg mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
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