.dotfiles

This stuff is usually kept in ~/lib/dotfiles/ and symlinked to the usual locations by the install script.

Shell rc scripts

Shell stuff gets sourced in this order:

• .profile – sh compatible login script, kept minimal
  • .environ – sh compatible environment variables & umask
    • .environ-$HOSTNAME
  • .bashrc if running in bash
  • .environ if it wasn't sourced yet
    • .bashrc-$HOSTNAME
  • .profile-$HOSTNAME
• .xprofile – X11 login script after profile

The .environ file is intended to be safe to source from anywhere, including .bashrc – that way it also applies to ssh $host $command (which only uses .bashrc and not .profile).

.xinitrc

Does the same as a display manager's Xsession script would do: sets $DESKTOP_SESSION; sources .profile, .xprofile; loads .Xresources and .Xkbmap. (Also sets a default background.)

.xprofile

Loads .Xresources and .Xkbmap from alternate paths.

Sets up session environment – shared between all DMs and xinit. Currently – kernel keyring, synaptics.

If $DESKTOP_SESSION is empty (a bare WM is being started), starts necessary daemons: compositor, notification daemon, polkit agent, screensaver, systemd-logind lock event handler, xbindkeys.

Also starts misc. daemons that are X11-dependent and per-session.

Misc notes

• the underscores are there so that I could have just a single - dotfiles/vim/_* rsync exclude rule instead of 4–5 separate ones