#!/bin/sh

# front end to Xnest, and solution to the silly MDI/SDI "debate" since
# it can make any SDI app an MDI one. (so write you app in SDI,
# preferably with regroupable tabs a la gaim)

# runs the commands given in a nested X server, or your default X session
# if none are given (this is xinit, so it would use your .xinitrc, 
# not .xsession)

# Xnest does have some bugs. xephyr is better than Xnest but its rare.

# License: MIT X11 License. if you have X11, you have a copy of it.
# Copyright 2005 pixelfairy (code is trivial, but im not a lawyer)
# TODO: vnc version? would be almost identical

argc=`echo $@ | wc -w`
argc_count=0

xinitfile=/tmp/nestx-xinit-$$
xsocketdir=/tmp/.X11-unix
xdisplay=0

if [  -d $xsocketdir ];then 
	while [ -e $xsocketdir/X$xdisplay ];do
		xdisplay=`expr $xdisplay + 1`
	done
fi

if [ $argc == 0 ];then
	startx -- /usr/X11R6/bin/Xnest :$xdisplay
	exit 0
fi

for i in $@;do
	argc_count=`expr $argc_count + 1` 
	if [ $argc_count == $argc ];then
		echo  "$i " >> $xinitfile
		appname=$i	
	else
		echo  "$i &" >> $xinitfile
	fi	
done


startx $xinitfile -- /usr/X11R6/bin/Xnest :$xdisplay -name nestx-$appname-$xdisplay
rm $xinitfile