small hackish bash script...

[Carl]

I'm trying to create a small script which is going to ask me whether or not I want to disable compiz before loading a game however so far I can get it to turn off compiz and not load the game (i'd like it to turn off compiz and then load the game..) or I can get it to not turn off compiz and then load the game bearing in mind I've basically hacked this together from bit's and bobs on Google and I have no real knowledge of bash or zenity

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#!/bin/bash

zenity --question --text "Would You like to disable Compiz before continuing?"
if [[ $? == 0 ]] ; then
   metacity --replace
   exec SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0 teeworlds
else
   exec SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0 teeworlds
fi

[xenopeek]

Some small changes, this should work and re-enable Compiz after running the game.

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#!/bin/bash

zenity --question --text "Would You like to disable Compiz before continuing?"
if [[ $? == 0 ]] ; then
   metacity --replace &
   sleep 1
   exec SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0 teeworlds
   compiz --replace &
else
   exec SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0 teeworlds
fi

[Carl]

Some small changes, this should work and re-enable Compiz after running the game.

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#!/bin/bash

zenity --question --text "Would You like to disable Compiz before continuing?"
if [[ $? == 0 ]] ; then
   metacity --replace &
   sleep 1
   exec SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0 teeworlds
   compiz --replace &
else
   exec SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0 teeworlds
fi

Error:

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./test: line 7: exec: SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0: not found


that partially works but only if I remove the "SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0" part from the script and also it doesn't re-enable compiz afterwards

Thanks for trying

[Carl]

But this works perfectly Thanks for your help! although it would be good to know why removing "exec" and using parentheses works instead

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#!/bin/bash

zenity --question --text "Would You like to disable Compiz before continuing?"
if [[ $? == 0 ]] ; then
   metacity --replace &
   sleep 1
   (SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0 teeworlds)
   compiz --replace &
else
   exec SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0 teeworlds
fi