autostart: xmonad session hacks

diff --git a/.config/autostart/xmonad.desktop b/.config/autostart/xmonad-xfce4-session.desktop
similarity index 60%
rename from .config/autostart/xmonad.desktop
rename to .config/autostart/xmonad-xfce4-session.desktop
index 4f9fffa014a3d4dabc3148093437cf80d085d24d..3de938693cb17e09a5ac8f94e94165cfd4f9a4c3 100644 (file)
--- a/.config/autostart/xmonad.desktop
+++ b/.config/autostart/xmonad-xfce4-session.desktop
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 Encoding=UTF-8
 Version=0.9.4
 Type=Application
 Encoding=UTF-8
 Version=0.9.4
 Type=Application

-Name=xmonad
+Name=xmonad/xfce4 session with hacks

 Comment=
 Comment=

-Exec=xmonad --replace
+Exec=/home/jamesbunton/bin/xmonad-xfce4-session.sh

 OnlyShowIn=XFCE;
 StartupNotify=false
 Terminal=false
 OnlyShowIn=XFCE;
 StartupNotify=false
 Terminal=false

diff --git a/xmonad-xfce4-session.sh b/xmonad-xfce4-session.sh
new file mode 100755 (executable)
index 0000000..c450dff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xmonad-xfce4-session.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+xmonad &
+xfdesktop --disable-wm-check &
+
+sleep 10
+
+nm-applet & # start late so that font settings are available
+xfdesktop --reload # settings are not loaded on startup for some reason
+
+sleep 2
+
+xmonad --restart # ensure it's painted over xfdesktop
+
+disown