vincentbernat.i3wm-configur.../dotfiles/xsession

#!/bin/sh
# This file should be symlinked from ~/.xsession

# Don't read anything from stdin.
exec < /dev/null

# Set some XDG_* variables
export XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=i3
export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=i3

# Ensure we use the appropriate gtkrc-2.0 file
export GTK2_RC_FILES=$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0

# We do not want to rely on crappy mailcap
export MAILCAPS=$HOME/.mailcap

# Qt HiDPI (https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/highdpi.html)
export QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=1
export QT_SCALE_FACTOR_ROUNDING_POLICY=PassThrough
# Qt theme
export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct

# GTK3 apps try to contact org.a11y.Bus. Disable that.
export NO_AT_BRIDGE=1

# Make cursor works from Nix programs. This does not solve it for
# everything as libXcursor may be loaded dynamically, see:
# https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/24137 and
# https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/54916. A possible solution
# would be to preload host libXcursor. This seems to work:
# LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcursor.so.1. But we don't
# want to do that for all apps.
export XCURSOR_PATH=/usr/share/icons

# Environment variables
. ~/.zshenv
export TERMINAL=vbeterm

# Copy some configuration files
while read source target; do
    mkdir -p $(dirname $HOME/$target)
    ln -nsf ~/.config/i3/dotfiles/$source $HOME/$target
done <<EOF
Xresources   .Xresources
XCompose     .XCompose
gtkrc-2.0    .gtkrc-2.0
gtk3.css     .config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
qt5ct.conf   .config/qt5ct/qt5ct.conf
qt5ct.conf   .config/qt6ct/qt6ct.conf
systemd      .config/systemd/user
dunstrc      .config/dunst/dunstrc
polybar.conf .config/polybar/config
rofi.conf    .config/rofi/config.rasi
fonts.conf   .config/fontconfig/fonts.conf
portals.conf .config/xdg-desktop-portal/i3-portals.conf
EOF
rm -f ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
dconf load / < ~/.config/i3/dotfiles/dconf.ini

# GTK bookmarks
for f in ~/.zsh/run/marks/*; do
    [ -d "$f" ] || continue
    echo file://"$f"
done > ~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks

# Services are started with systemd
systemctl --user import-environment
systemctl --user daemon-reload
exec systemctl --user start --wait i3.service
Initial i3 configuration This is derived from my Awesome configuration. Still a lot to do from a WM perspective. The organization is a bit different and I am giving it up on the per-display systemd units as it does not really work due to the fact we only have one user DBus and one environment. 2021-07-03 14:13:56 +02:00			`#!/bin/sh`
xsession: tell this file should be symlinked 2022-06-28 18:40:48 +02:00			`# This file should be symlinked from ~/.xsession`
Initial i3 configuration This is derived from my Awesome configuration. Still a lot to do from a WM perspective. The organization is a bit different and I am giving it up on the per-display systemd units as it does not really work due to the fact we only have one user DBus and one environment. 2021-07-03 14:13:56 +02:00
xsession: don't try to unset TERM It's too late. 2021-10-17 12:25:01 +02:00			`# Don't read anything from stdin.`
xsession: also unset TERM in systemd environment 2021-10-17 12:13:09 +02:00			`exec < /dev/null`
xsession: unset TERM When using startx, it is set, we don't want that. 2021-10-17 08:33:26 +02:00
xsession: set XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP and XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP 2022-10-25 09:32:58 +02:00			`# Set some XDG_* variables`
			`export XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=i3`
			`export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=i3`

Initial i3 configuration This is derived from my Awesome configuration. Still a lot to do from a WM perspective. The organization is a bit different and I am giving it up on the per-display systemd units as it does not really work due to the fact we only have one user DBus and one environment. 2021-07-03 14:13:56 +02:00			`# Ensure we use the appropriate gtkrc-2.0 file`
			`export GTK2_RC_FILES=$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0`

			`# We do not want to rely on crappy mailcap`
			`export MAILCAPS=$HOME/.mailcap`

xsession: make QT HiDPI work with fractional settings Passthrough is the default rouding policy in Qt 6 but not Qt 5. 2022-09-11 08:26:24 +02:00			`# Qt HiDPI (https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/highdpi.html)`
xsession: reenable QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=1 It works fine with 192 dpi. Dunno about 144. 2022-09-09 19:53:21 +02:00			`export QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=1`
xsession: make QT HiDPI work with fractional settings Passthrough is the default rouding policy in Qt 6 but not Qt 5. 2022-09-11 08:26:24 +02:00			`export QT_SCALE_FACTOR_ROUNDING_POLICY=PassThrough`
			`# Qt theme`
Initial i3 configuration This is derived from my Awesome configuration. Still a lot to do from a WM perspective. The organization is a bit different and I am giving it up on the per-display systemd units as it does not really work due to the fact we only have one user DBus and one environment. 2021-07-03 14:13:56 +02:00			`export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct`

			`# GTK3 apps try to contact org.a11y.Bus. Disable that.`
			`export NO_AT_BRIDGE=1`

xsession: explain why XCURSOR_PATH may not be enough for Nix 2022-07-03 11:25:19 +02:00			`# Make cursor works from Nix programs. This does not solve it for`
			`# everything as libXcursor may be loaded dynamically, see:`
			`# https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/24137 and`
			`# https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/54916. A possible solution`
			`# would be to preload host libXcursor. This seems to work:`
			`# LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcursor.so.1. But we don't`
			`# want to do that for all apps.`
xsession: make cursor works from Nix programs Otherwise, we get plain X cursors. 2022-04-21 22:04:27 +02:00			`export XCURSOR_PATH=/usr/share/icons`

Initial i3 configuration This is derived from my Awesome configuration. Still a lot to do from a WM perspective. The organization is a bit different and I am giving it up on the per-display systemd units as it does not really work due to the fact we only have one user DBus and one environment. 2021-07-03 14:13:56 +02:00			`# Environment variables`
xsession: simplify sourcing of environment variables 2021-07-30 23:41:21 +02:00			`. ~/.zshenv`
xsession: set terminal in xsession as well It is used for a pager in i3. 2021-07-05 17:39:48 +02:00			`export TERMINAL=vbeterm`
Initial i3 configuration This is derived from my Awesome configuration. Still a lot to do from a WM perspective. The organization is a bit different and I am giving it up on the per-display systemd units as it does not really work due to the fact we only have one user DBus and one environment. 2021-07-03 14:13:56 +02:00
			`# Copy some configuration files`
			`while read source target; do`
xsession: simplify dotfiles linking We only have one target. 2021-07-30 23:43:31 +02:00			`mkdir -p $(dirname $HOME/$target)`
			`ln -nsf ~/.config/i3/dotfiles/$source $HOME/$target`
Initial i3 configuration This is derived from my Awesome configuration. Still a lot to do from a WM perspective. The organization is a bit different and I am giving it up on the per-display systemd units as it does not really work due to the fact we only have one user DBus and one environment. 2021-07-03 14:13:56 +02:00			`done <<EOF`
More configuration Notably polybar 2021-07-04 18:25:28 +02:00			`Xresources .Xresources`
xsession: add a .XCompose file Not used yet, but a good way to remember if I need to add something one day or just remember where they are defined. 2022-11-14 19:34:39 +01:00			`XCompose .XCompose`
More configuration Notably polybar 2021-07-04 18:25:28 +02:00			`gtkrc-2.0 .gtkrc-2.0`
			`gtk3.css .config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css`
			`qt5ct.conf .config/qt5ct/qt5ct.conf`
xsession: also install qt5ct.conf as qt6ct.conf 2022-10-12 20:42:48 +02:00			`qt5ct.conf .config/qt6ct/qt6ct.conf`
More configuration Notably polybar 2021-07-04 18:25:28 +02:00			`systemd .config/systemd/user`
			`dunstrc .config/dunst/dunstrc`
			`polybar.conf .config/polybar/config`
i3: switch to rofi for running apps 2021-07-17 22:13:00 +02:00			`rofi.conf .config/rofi/config.rasi`
dotfiles: switch to Cantarell for UI 2021-09-09 08:50:15 +02:00			`fonts.conf .config/fontconfig/fonts.conf`
dotfiles: install portals.conf as i3-portals.conf 2024-04-09 07:39:00 +02:00			`portals.conf .config/xdg-desktop-portal/i3-portals.conf`
Initial i3 configuration This is derived from my Awesome configuration. Still a lot to do from a WM perspective. The organization is a bit different and I am giving it up on the per-display systemd units as it does not really work due to the fact we only have one user DBus and one environment. 2021-07-03 14:13:56 +02:00			`EOF`
More initial configuration Notably add Dunst for notifications. 2021-07-04 14:54:07 +02:00			`rm -f ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini`
xsession: load some settings using dconf 2021-07-31 13:07:49 +02:00			`dconf load / < ~/.config/i3/dotfiles/dconf.ini`
Initial i3 configuration This is derived from my Awesome configuration. Still a lot to do from a WM perspective. The organization is a bit different and I am giving it up on the per-display systemd units as it does not really work due to the fact we only have one user DBus and one environment. 2021-07-03 14:13:56 +02:00
xsession: create GTK bookmarks from Zsh configuration 2022-04-07 22:38:39 +02:00			`# GTK bookmarks`
			`for f in ~/.zsh/run/marks/*; do`
			`[ -d "$f" ] \|\| continue`
			`echo file://"$f"`
			`done > ~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks`

Initial i3 configuration This is derived from my Awesome configuration. Still a lot to do from a WM perspective. The organization is a bit different and I am giving it up on the per-display systemd units as it does not really work due to the fact we only have one user DBus and one environment. 2021-07-03 14:13:56 +02:00			`# Services are started with systemd`
			`systemctl --user import-environment`
			`systemctl --user daemon-reload`
xsession: target i3.service and adapt dependencies I think this is cleaner to make i3 the pivot. Also, don't make i3 restart i3-session each time it starts. 2021-08-01 11:56:27 +02:00			`exec systemctl --user start --wait i3.service`