.xinitrc

#!/bin/bash
# .xinitrc for asus eee 701 surf
# Alexandre Gauthier <[email protected]>
# 2011-2012

xset -b # Disable bell
eval $(/usr/bin/ssh-agent)

ASKPASSPROG=/usr/lib/openssh/qt4-ssh-askpass

if [[ -x $ASKPASSPROG ]] ; then
    SSH_ASKPASS=$ASKPASSPROG
fi

xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xdefaults
xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap
setxkbmap -layout cf

# Fill X server root with black
xsetroot -bg black

# Set wallpaper with feh, failsafe to black fill
FEH=`which feh`
if [[ -x $FEH ]] ; then
    $FEH --bg-scale $HOME/Images/bg.jpg
fi

# launch urxvt daemon, further instances will be clients.
# I like how I can be fully happy while using 35mb
[[ -x $(which urxvtd) ]] && urxvtd -q -f -o

# Rather crappy and hacky status bar
while true ; do
   if acpi -a | grep off-line > /dev/null; then
       xsetroot -name "bat: $( acpi -b | awk '{ print $4 }' | tr -d ',' ) | vol: $(amixer get Master | tail -1 | awk '{ print $5}' | tr -d '[]') | $(date +"%a, %b %d %R")"
   else
       xsetroot -name "vol: $(amixer get Master | tail -1 | awk '{ print $5}' | tr -d '[]') | $(date +"%a, %b %d %R")"
   fi
   # NOTE: You may tweak this value to get faster refresh.
   # I was mostly concerned about performance seeing how I'm doing
   # an awful lot of awk bullshit above.
   sleep 5s 
done &

# Launch dwm
# TODO: perhaps make this more portable one day, right now it is fairly
# specific to my asus eee 701 Surf.
exec /usr/bin/dwm