autoshart

auto-start .desktop files on login

dedicated to my friend m455

Autostart programs are a modern … thingy. I’m not sure how I feel about em, but many programs ship with an autostart *.desktop file in ~/.config/autostart or wherever.

If you don’t have a full-on DE, starting these programs can be a chore. Other programs have been written to address this, but those are (A) in Python and (B) not by me. So here’s my solution, in (I’m pretty sure it’s) POSIX sh.

usage

AUTOSHART: autostart without the shit
USAGE: autoshart -h
autoshart [-k] [-n] [-q]

FLAGS:
 -h Show this help and exit.
 -k Kill all processes started by autoshart and exit.
 -n Only print what would happen; don't execute anything.
 -q Don't print any output.

Drop something like the following in your ~/.xinitrc:

autostart -q

And if you have some kind of logout script, put this in it:

autostart -k

installation

This is just a shell script, so you can copy or link it to your $PATH. That’s what the provided Makefile does.

contributing

Send me an email!

license

Good Choices License. See COPYING for details.