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NAME startw - initialise a Wayland session

SYNOPSIS startw [-h] [-v] [-c CONFIG] [-k KEYBOARDCONF]

DESCRIPTION The startw script is a front end to a Wayland shell (e.g. desktop man- ager) that provides a somewhat nicer user interface for running a sin- gle Wayland session. It is typically run without any arguments.

   Much of the configuration for the Wayland shell is done through a shell
   specific configuration file. However, some settings can only  be  given
   through  command-line  arguments  and/or  environmental variables.  For
   instance, to configure the keyboard layout in most Wayland shells,  the
   following  environment  variables  need  to  be set: XKB_DEFAULT_RULES,
   XKB_DEFAULT_MODEL,       XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT,       XKB_DEFAULT_VARIANT,
   XKB_DEFAULT_OPTION.  The  startw  script  handles  this  through the -k
   option (see below on how to use it).

   The script is analogues to the startx(1) and xinit(1) commands used  to
   initialise a X Window System session.

OPTIONS The arguments that are currently support by startw are:

   -h print out the usage message and exit.

   -v print out the version number and exit.

   -c specify a configuration file other than the default.

   -k specify  the  keyboard  settings  as  a  string  formatted  as "lay-
      out;model;variant;options", e.g. "us;;;ctrl:nocaps" for  a  US  key-
      board  with  no caps-lock. See xkeyboard-config(7) for more informa-
      tion.

FILES $(HOME)/.winitrc Client to run. Typically a shell script which runs many programs in the background. (Default)

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