Alexis Jhon Gaspar
e1207e1d0d
- This introduces a minimalist display manager for the suckless-utils suite - Added crudely written scripts for reloaading slim's theme via pywal, meaning no on-the-fly reloading using keybinds as nost people wouldn't have their sudo passwordless - This is based on slim-fork 1.4.0 version.
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README file for SLiM
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Rob Pearce <slim@flitspace.org.uk>
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INTRODUCTION
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SLiM (Simple Login Manager) is a graphical login manager for X11.
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It aims to be simple, fast and independent from the various
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desktop environments.
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SLiM was originally based on the last stable release of Login.app
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by Per Lidén.
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Features:
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- External themes and configuration
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- PNG support with alpha transparency for panel
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- PNG / JPEG support for backgrounds
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- XFT / freetype support
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- Double or single (GDM-style) inputbox support
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- PAM support for authentication
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- Compatible with ConsoleKit or logind, OpenRC or systemd, etc.
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- CMake build procedure
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INSTALLATION
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see the INSTALL file
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USAGE
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SLiM is intended to be run automatically as part of the system
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startup. Get your SysVInint, OpenRC or systemd to run the slim
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executable, with the -d option if you want it to run as a daemon
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in the background (recommended for OpenRC, systemd may work
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better without)
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As you would expect of a login manager, you enter your username
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and password to login. By default, the ~/.xinitrc file is run,
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so be sure to have a working .xinitrc file in your home. This
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behaviour is configurable, and may be set up differently by the
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distro package.
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Special usernames can be entered to run commands that are
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configurable in the config file:
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- console: start a console login
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- exit: exit SLiM (this may not have desirable results)
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- halt: shut down the system
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- reboot: reboot the system
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Pressing the F11 key executes a user-specified command (see the
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configuration file). The default is to take a screenshot, if the
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'import' program is available.
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CONFIGURATION
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/etc/slim.conf is the main configuration file. Alternative files
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can be specified on the command line.
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Options are explained in the file itself
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THEMES
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The appearance (and some parts of the behaviour) of SLiM depends
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on the "theme" specified by the configuration file. See the file
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THEMES for details.
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COPYRIGHT
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SLiM is copyright (c) 2004-13 by Simone Rota, Johannes Winkelmann,
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Nobuhiro Iwamatsu and 2022-23 by Rob Pearce. It is available under the
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GNU General Public License.
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See the COPYING file for the complete license.
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Image handling code adapted and extended from xplanet 1.0.1,
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copyright (c) 2002-04 by Hari Nair
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Login.app is copyright (c) 1997, 1998 by Per Liden and is
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licensed through the GNU General Public License.
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