From 9e5dfecdce857c79bac92202b0a5959911fa661a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 19:18:41 -0500
Subject: move all xrelated settings to startdwm script

---
 dotfiles/system/.local/bin/startdwm | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'dotfiles/system/.local/bin/startdwm')

diff --git a/dotfiles/system/.local/bin/startdwm b/dotfiles/system/.local/bin/startdwm
index 68d7c91..57b3e5c 100755
--- a/dotfiles/system/.local/bin/startdwm
+++ b/dotfiles/system/.local/bin/startdwm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net>
+
 # starts the dwm process for a login manager
 # saves the logfile of any output to a logfile
 
@@ -12,8 +13,12 @@ if ! [ -d "$logdir" ]; then
     mkdir -p "$logdir"
 fi
 
+# X Org
+export XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority
+export DISPLAY=:0.0
+
 # allow sudo use of display
-xhost si:localuser:root
+xhost +si:localuser:root
 
 # merge local configuration for X client aplications
 [ -f ~/.Xresources ] && xrdb -merge -I $HOME ~/.Xresources
@@ -27,6 +32,9 @@ xhost si:localuser:root
 # make short-pressed Ctrl behave like Escape
 xcape -e 'Control_L=Escape' &
 
+# make CapsLock behave like Ctrl:
+setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps
+
 xautolock -time 5 -locker slock &
 # picom &
 sxhkd &
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