pick-wm

#!/bin/bash

VERSION="cream-0.1"     # updated for cream

# WMLIST='/usr/bin/wmlist'      # name of the wm list file; last entry should be 'POWEROFF'
README="$HOME/README" 		# name of the readme file

RELEASE="Cream"

# the list of window managers can be read from a file, one line at a time
# alist=($(cat $WMLIST))

# or set here inside the script. either way the last entry should always be POWEROFF

alist=( README tmux 2bwm 2wm 9wm aewm afterstep alopex amiwm antiwm awesome blackbox bspwm catwm clfswm ctwm cwm dminiwm dragonflywm dwm echinus \
    euclid-wm evilpoison evilwm fluxbox flwm fvwm-crystal goomwwm hcwm herbstluftwm i3 icewm jwm karmen larswm lwm matwm2 mcwm monsterwm \
    musca notion nwm olwm openbox oroborus pekwm ratpoison sapphire sawfish sithwm smallwm snapwm spectrwm stumpwm subtle tinywm tritium twm \
    uwm vtwm w9wm weewm wind windowlab wm2 wmaker wmfs wmii wmx xfwm4 xmonad xoat yeahwm POWEROFF )

let num=${#alist[*]}-1     # number of items in the array (minus one to account for zero index)
tmpfile=$(mktemp)          # make a temp file for dialog return value

# make a list in menu format, with a number first, then the name
for i in $(seq 0 $num); do
    blist[i]=$(echo $i ${alist[i]})
done

while true; do
    # display the list in a dialog, save the return value (the index number) in the tmpfile
    dialog --backtitle "LinuxBBQ $RELEASE" --no-tags --menu 'please choose a window manager' 50 50 50 ${blist[*]} 2>$tmpfile
    [[ $? = 1 ]] && exit	# user chose "cancel"

    chosen=$(<$tmpfile)    	# get the index from the tmpfile

    # index into the WM array to get the name of the WM
    wm=${alist[$chosen]}
    case $wm in
        README )
            clear
            less $README
            ;;
        tmux )
            tmux
            ;;
        POWEROFF )
            sudo poweroff
            ;;
        * )
            xinit $wm
        ;;
    esac
done