Xephyr script to help test the configs.

utils/xephyr.sh

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+# If rc.lua.new is missing, make a default one.
+rc_lua=$PWD/example.rc.lua
+test -f $rc_lua || /bin/cp /etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua $rc_lua
+
+# Just in case we're not running from /usr/bin
+awesome=`which awesome`
+xephyr=`which Xephyr`
+pidof=`which pidof`
+
+test -x $awesome || { echo "Awesome executable not found. Please install Awesome"; exit 1; }
+test -x $xephyr || { echo "Xephyr executable not found. Please install Xephyr"; exit 1; }
+
+function usage()
+{
+  cat <<USAGE
+awesome_test start|stop|restart|run
+
+  start    Start nested Awesome in Xephyr
+  stop     Stop Xephyr
+  restart  Reload nested Awesome configuration
+  run      Run command in nested Awesome
+
+USAGE
+  exit 0
+}
+
+# WARNING: the following two functions expect that you only run one instance
+# of Xephyr and the last launched Awesome runs in it
+
+function awesome_pid()
+{
+  $pidof awesome | cut -d\  -f1
+}
+
+function xephyr_pid()
+
+{
+  $pidof Xephyr | cut -d\  -f1
+}
+
+[ $# -lt 1 ] && usage
+
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+    $xephyr -ac -br -noreset -screen 800x600 :1 &
+    sleep 1
+    DISPLAY=:1.0 $awesome -c $rc_lua &
+    sleep 1
+    echo "Awesome ready for tests. PID is $(awesome_pid)"
+    ;;
+  stop)
+    echo -n "Stopping Nested Awesome... "
+    if [ -z $(xephyr_pid) ]; then
+      echo "Not running: not stopped :)"
+      exit 0
+    else
+      kill $(xephyr_pid)
+      echo "Done."
+    fi
+    ;;
+  restart)
+    echo -n "Restarting Awesome... "
+    kill -s SIGHUP $(awesome_pid)
+    ;;
+  run)
+    shift
+    DISPLAY=:1.0 "$@" &
+    ;;
+  *)
+    usage
+    ;;
+esac