I’m talking about this patch:

https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/autostart/

Now, the notes seem simple: after apply the patch, dwm will look for the autostart script in ~/.dwm/autostart.sh.

But if you read it carefully, the file is:

~/.dwm/autostart.sh &

Wth does a “&” have to do with file name? I tried to just use the normal file: autostart.sh with exec dunst. It doesnt work…

I tried to create in the Thunar this weird file name, “autostop.sh &”. The system does not recognize it as sh script anymore. .

Any help is welcome.

  • www-gem@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    I will not reiterate what others have well explained Re: the use of &, though it’s surprising to see someone able to use dwm before getting control of the basics of the command-line :)

    Coming back to your issue, have you applied the patch and recompiled dwm? Also, you may want to take a look at the note on this patch’s github (which was last updated 13 years ago).