What?
Run any X application under a minimal Window Manager, jwm.
Why?
Convenience. And separation of concerns.
Lets people resize/maximize windows, when run under expose-as-vnc-server.
(Also, Saleae Logic GUI 2 needs a proper headless mode)
How?
We already have a $DISPLAY, but it has no window manager.
So we start jwm in the background but give it an empty config file ~ "kiosk" mode.
Payload X application is run, blockingly.
When the payload command exits, jwm is killed and script exits.
Payload command's exit code is propagated all the way.
"Installation"
- Install dependencies:
jwm(Joe's Window Manager). - Git clone this repo to somewhere locally
- Add to PATH:
export PATH=$PATH:<where you cloned to locally>
Usage Example
Start xterm as payload, running as the sole application under jwm:
$ jwm-run xterm