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Disable any graphical login managers (many Linux distributions come with such preinstalled). Refer to the relevant documentation when in doubt.\n2. Execute `echo 'exec bash blm' \u003e\u003e ~/.bash_profile` to enable launching the script on login. When using a non-bash login shell, refer to the relevant documentation.\n\n## Configuration\nTo configure which sessions can be launched from the manager, create\nthe relevant directories as specified in your configuration file.\n\n### Options:\n| Option    | Values            | Default              | Function                                                                            |\n|-----------|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| PS3       | string            | \"Select session: \"   | Specifies the prompt.                                                               |\n| MODE      | (\"text\"/\"dialog\") | \"dialog\"             | Specifies the display mode. For mode \"dialog\" the dialog library must be installed. |\n| XSESSIONS | path              | \"/etc/blm/xsessions\" | The X sessions directory path (see [Sessions](#sessions)).                          |\n| OSESSIONS | path              | \"/etc/blm/osessions\" | The directory path for non-X sessions.                                              |\n\n### Dialog-specific options:\n| Option     | Values | Default | Function                           |\n|------------|--------|---------|------------------------------------|\n| HEIGHT     | number |      14 | The height of the dialog.          |\n| WIDTH      | number |      55 | The width of the dialog.           |\n| ITEMHEIGHT | number |       6 | The height of items in the dialog. |\n\n### Sessions\nThere are 2 session types:\n\n- Xsessions :: Sessions launched using `xinit`. The file is executed\n  after X launches, much like the .xinit file when launching using\n  startx.\n- Osessions :: Sessions launched using `exec`. These are shell scripts\n  that are executed. A simple example would be, for example, `exec\n  /bin/bash` for a normal tty.\n\nMenus are subdirectories of these directories.  In these the items of\nsub-menus can be specified.\n\n### Example\n\nFor example, by default the following structure would work:\n\n```\n.config/blm\n├── blm.conf\n├── osessions\n│   ├── bash\n│   ├── emacs\n│   ├── remote\n│   │   └── my.fav.server.net\n│   └── shutdown\n│       ├── reboot\n│       └── shutdown\n└── xsessions\n    ├── awesome\n    └── Gnome\n```\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Ftlater%2Fblm","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Ftlater%2Fblm","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Ftlater%2Fblm/lists"}