Help with window manager replace script for gaming?

Question

So ok, when i start cedega on my system, i need to switch window managers from compiz to metacity. So far here is what i got:

#!/bin/bash

metacity --replace

cedega

that switches wm's and runs cedega i think, then im stuck

i need to find some way of letting bash know that when cedega is closed, its needs to switch back to compiz

Answer 1

You should just be able to add another line to your bash script:

#!/bin/bash

metacity --replace

cedega

compiz-tray-icon

I grabbed that command off the Ubuntu installation guide, so of course, YMMV. I would have thought it was just 'compiz', go figure.

When each command exits, bash will run the next one. Technically, you can do things like:

echo "cat" && cal

This mean that if 'echo "cat"' is successful, then run cal. Kinda pointless, but if you have a command that shouldn't run if something fails, then this is a useful construct. As an example of something that won't:

false && cal

if you 'man false' it says that it "do[es] nothing, unsuccessfully."