[gobolinux-users] autostart xbindkeys

[Nick Matteo]

On 5/13/07, Viola Zoltán <violazoli at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Michael, I use XFCE, and probe more variation to autostarting the
> xbindkeys, but not succeeded, used my local .xinitrc in my $HOME. The
> xbindkeys should start AFTER the login, so can use the xbindkeys prog the
> .xbindkeysrc file in my $HOME.

Don't worry, that'll be done properly.  (The .xinitrc in your home can
only be found after you log in, after all.)

>
> I probe the following variations to autostart this:
>
> [ -x /bin/startxfce4 ] && exec startxfce4
> [ -x /bin/wmaker ] && exec wmaker
> [ -x /bin/twm    ] && {
>    xsetroot -solid '#203040' -cursor_name 'left_ptr'
>
> xbindkeys &
>
>    exec twm
>
> }
> xmodmap -e "keycode 111 = F13"

This won't work, because when xfce is started, this script stops
executing.  ("exec" stops execution of the current script and replaces
it with another!)

Try this:
xmodmap -e "keycode 111 = F13"
xbindkeys &
[ -x /bin/startxfce4 ] && exec startxfce4
[ -x /bin/wmaker ] && exec wmaker
[ -x /bin/twm    ] && {
   xsetroot -solid '#203040' -cursor_name 'left_ptr'
   exec twm
}

Nick