much better xinit (like startw)

conf/home/xinitrc

@@ -1,43 +1,128 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+# Start an X11 session
 
-userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
-usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
+# Variable definitions
+STARTW_ROOT=${HOME}/.local/share/startw
+DOTS_ROOT=${STARTW_ROOT}/conf
+STARTX_LOG_FILE=${STARTW_ROOT}/"err-$(date +%F).log"
+userresources=${HOME}/.Xresources
+usermodmap=${HOME}/.Xmodmap
 sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
 sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
 
+# Boilerplate for systemd-less systems
+if test -z "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}"; then
+        XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/$(id -u)-runtime-dir
+        export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
+        if ! test -d "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}"; then
+                mkdir "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}"
+                chmod 0700 "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}"
+        fi
+fi
+
+#
+# XORG CONFIGURATION
+#
+
 # merge in defaults and keymaps
+if [ -f $sysresources ]; then xrdb -merge $sysresources; fi
+if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then xmodmap $sysmodmap; fi
+if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then xrdb -merge "$userresources"; fi
+if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then xmodmap "$usermodmap"; fi
 
-if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
-    xrdb -merge $sysresources
-fi
+#
+# USER CONFIGURATION
+#
 
-if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
-    xmodmap $sysmodmap
-fi
+# Remove broken links
+find -L "$HOME" -maxdepth 1 -type l -delete
+find -L "$HOME/.config" -maxdepth 1 -type l -delete
 
-if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then
-    xrdb -merge "$userresources"
+# The conf folder contains two subfolders home
+# and config, everything in the home folder will
+# be symlinked to $HOME as a hidden file/folder,
+# whereas everything in the config folder will be
+# symlinked to $HOME/.config as-is
+# Dotfiles in these folder will be ignored
+
+for f in "$DOTS_ROOT"/home/* ; do
+        # If the filename already exists and it is not a link override it
+        if [ -e "$HOME/.$(basename "$f")" ]; then
+                if [ ! -L "$HOME/.$(basename "$f")" ]; then
+                        rm -rf "$HOME/.$(basename "$f")"
+                fi
         fi
+        ln -sf "$f" "$HOME/.$(basename "$f")"
+done
 
-if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
-    xmodmap "$usermodmap"
+for f in "$DOTS_ROOT"/config/* ; do
+        # If the filename already exists and it is not a link override it
+        if [ -e "$HOME/.config/$(basename "$f")" ]; then
+                if [ ! -L "$HOME/.config/$(basename "$f")" ]; then
+                        rm -rf "$HOME/.config/$(basename "$f")"
                 fi
+        fi
+        ln -sf "$f" "$HOME/.config/"
+done
 
-# start some nice programs
+#
+# SET ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+#
 
-if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then
- for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?*.sh ; do
-  [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
- done
- unset f
+# Fix java applications for tiling WMs
+export _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1
+# Set the hardware acceleration driver
+export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=radeonsi
+export VDPAU_DRIVER=radeonsi
+# Set the default interface used by wpa_cli
+export WPA_CLI_INTERFACE=wlp2s0
+# Set the editor
+export EDITOR=vis
+export VISUAL=vis
+# Application compatibility
+export GIO_USE_VFS="local"
+export GIO_USE_VOLUME_MONITOR="unix"
+# XDG specification variables
+export XDG_DATA_HOME=$HOME/.local/share
+export XDG_CACHE_HOME=$HOME/.cache
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/.config
+export XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents"
+export XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
+export XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music"
+export XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures"
+export XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"
+# Clean home directory
+export GTK2_RC_FILES="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
+export ATOM_HOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME"/atom
+export BASH_COMPLETION_USER_FILE="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/bash-completion/bash_completion
+export CARGO_HOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME"/cargo
+# Set user script dir
+export SCRIPT_DIR="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/scripts
+# Wallpaer
+export WALLPAPER="$HOME/Pictures/walls/waves.jpg"
+
+#
+# LAUNCH APPLICATIONS
+#
+
+if ! pgrep -x "devmon" > /dev/null
+then
+        devmon 2>&1 | "$STARTW_ROOT"/addts >> "$STARTX_LOG_FILE" &
 fi
+./.fehbg
+polybar -r vantagev1 &
+#dhcpcd-gtk &
 
 xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr &
 setxkbmap it
 # set in xresources
 xrandr --dpi 157
-./.fehbg
-polybar -r vantagev1 &
-#dhcpcd-gtk &
-devmon &
-exec bspwm
+
+#
+# START COMPOSITOR
+#
+
+# create a log file
+touch "$STARTX_LOG_FILE"
+
+exec bspwm 2>&1 | "$STARTW_ROOT"/addts >> "$STARTX_LOG_FILE"