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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-11-12 14:20:38 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-11-12 14:22:54 +0100
commit0ecc3bf3092ad5e18e3ef18822b2ba8c1a8813cf (patch)
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parent91781e0268c62db8368b93feef08b77ac66b0e33 (diff)
downloadguix-0ecc3bf3092ad5e18e3ef18822b2ba8c1a8813cf.tar.gz
gnu: xorg: Add SLiM theme based on work by Felipe López.
* gnu/services/xorg.scm (%artwork-repository, %default-slim-theme,
  %default-slim-theme-name): New variables.
  (slim-service): Add #:theme and #:theme-name parameters.
  [slim.cfg]: Honor #:theme-name.
  Honor #:theme by setting the "SLIM_THEMESDIR" environment variable.
* doc/guix.texi (X Window): Adjust 'slim-service' documentation
  accordingly.  Document '%default-slim-theme' and
  '%default-slim-theme-name'.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index c0bad3c7fa..3a5e4be837 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -3964,7 +3964,9 @@ there is no @code{xorg-service} procedure.  Instead, the X server is
 started by the @dfn{login manager}, currently SLiM.
 
 @deffn {Monadic Procedure} slim-service [#:allow-empty-passwords? #f] @
-  [#:auto-login? #f] [#:default-user ""] [#:startx]
+  [#:auto-login? #f] [#:default-user ""] [#:startx] @
+  [#:theme @var{%default-slim-theme}] @
+  [#:theme-name @var{%default-slim-theme-name}]
 Return a service that spawns the SLiM graphical login manager, which in
 turn starts the X display server with @var{startx}, a command as returned by
 @code{xorg-start-command}.
@@ -3972,8 +3974,18 @@ turn starts the X display server with @var{startx}, a command as returned by
 When @var{allow-empty-passwords?} is true, allow logins with an empty
 password.  When @var{auto-login?} is true, log in automatically as
 @var{default-user}.
+
+If @var{theme} is @code{#f}, the use the default log-in theme; otherwise
+@var{theme} must be a gexp denoting the name of a directory containing the
+theme to use.  In that case, @var{theme-name} specifies the name of the
+theme.
 @end deffn
 
+@defvr {Scheme Variable} %default-theme
+@defvrx {Scheme Variable} %default-theme-name
+The G-Expression denoting the default SLiM theme and its name.
+@end defvr
+
 @deffn {Monadic Procedure} xorg-start-command [#:guile] @
   [#:drivers '()] [#:resolutions '()] [#:xorg-server @var{xorg-server}]
 Return a derivation that builds a @var{guile} script to start the X server