#!/bin/sh

##  author:  parv, parv UNDERSCORE AT yahoo DOT com
##  date:  jan 30 2003
##
##  license:  free to use as you please w/ proper credit given
##
##  name:  xf
##
##  purpose:  to keep log of errors & other events, and to minimize
##  need of remembering often used options to xinit (in background to
##  free up console)
##
##  usage:
##    xf
##
##    to specify other arguments, say display :1 ...
##     xf :1
##

#set -x

#  directory to keep log in
x=${HOME}/log/x

#  create log directory; otherwise exit
mkdir -p $x  ||  { echo "could not create ${x}, exiting..." ; exit 1; }

#  file name to keep log in
x=${x}/x.log

#  remove old log file
rm -f $x

#  default xinitrc
xinitrc="${HOME}/bin/xinitrc"

#  pass wm option to run if -wm is $1 ($2 is the wm)
wm=""

case $# in
  0 | 1)
  ;;

  *)
    case $1 in
      -wm)
        shift
        wm="$1"
        shift
      ;;
    esac
  ;;
esac

printf "xinitrc: $xinitrc\n"
printf "wm: $wm\n"


#  start xinit
#  ----
#  "wm" needs to be 1st positional parameter (for the custom script)
#  ----
#xinit "$xinitrc" "$wm" -- "$@" -nolisten tcp 1>"$x" 2>&1 &
xinit "$xinitrc" "$wm" -- "$@"  1>"$x" 2>&1 &