xinitrc.example

#!/bin/sh
#
# Example .xinitrc for RubyWM.
#
# This is a reference, NOT a drop-in replacement — adjust paths to taste. It
# folds in the session-plumbing fixes from docs/review-2026-06-13.md §G:
#
#   * Background everything that isn't instantaneous, so one slow/long-lived
#     program can't stall the rest of startup (review §G1).
#   * Tame the GTK file-picker delay, which is almost always a failing D-Bus /
#     xdg-desktop-portal probe rather than the WM (review §G2).
#
# Logs go through `logger` (journal/syslog) so a misbehaving component doesn't
# spam the tty.

echo "Starting RubyWM session"

# --- D-Bus / XDG environment --------------------------------------------------

export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/$(id -u)
export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:path=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/bus"

# Give a desktop identity so portals/backends stop probing for one. Any stable
# value works for a minimal WM.
export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=rubywm

# Push the key variables into the D-Bus/systemd activation environment, so
# services activated on the bus (portals, gvfs, etc.) don't start with a broken
# environment and hang (review §G2.2).
if command -v dbus-update-activation-environment >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd \
    DISPLAY XAUTHORITY XDG_RUNTIME_DIR XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
fi

# File-picker speed-ups (review §G2):
#  - Use GTK's in-process chooser instead of the xdg-desktop-portal one, which
#    can stall ~25s on activation if no portal is running.
#  - Skip the AT-SPI accessibility bus, which GTK otherwise waits on.
export GTK_USE_PORTAL=0
export NO_AT_BRIDGE=1
export GTK_A11Y=none

# --- Hotkeys ------------------------------------------------------------------

(sxhkd 2>&1 | logger -t sxhkd) &

# --- Window manager -----------------------------------------------------------

(cd ~/Desktop/Projects/wm && ruby rubywm.rb 2>&1 | logger -t rubywm) &

# --- Bars / desktop -----------------------------------------------------------

# Desktop/monitor names for Rebar (sourced, not run).
(cd ~/Desktop/Projects/Rebar && . ./names.txt) 2>&1 | logger -t rebar

(cd ~/Desktop/Projects/Rebar && MONITOR=0 ruby rebar.rb 2>&1 | logger -t rebar) &
(cd ~/Desktop/Projects/Rebar && MONITOR=1 ruby rebar.rb 2>&1 | logger -t rebar) &
(~/bin/desktop 2>&1 | logger -t desktop) &

# --- Autostart apps (all backgrounded; see review §G1) ------------------------

(~/bin/todo 2>&1 | logger -t todo) &
(randombg 2>&1 | logger -t randombg) &
(compton 2>&1 | logger -t compton) &

(GTK_THEME=Adwaita:dark nm-applet 2>&1 | logger -t nm-applet) &
(GTK_THEME=Adwaita:dark pnmixer  2>&1 | logger -t pnmixer) &

# --- Keep the session alive ---------------------------------------------------
# startx exits when this script exits, so block on the backgrounded jobs.
while true; do
  wait
  sleep 5
done