al-skel/home/.xinitrc

#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
# Executed by startx 
# By calling this with arguments we can start different sessions
# eg. startx ~/.xinitrc i3  or  startx ~/.xinitrc bspwm
# simply using startx, openbox is set as the default

session=${1:-openbox}

# source files in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
    for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
        [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
    done
    unset f
fi

# this must be before the 'exec' command
# it sources ~/.xprofile for additional settings
[ -f ~/.xprofile ] && . ~/.xprofile

# start the session
case $session in
    i3|i3wm) 
        exec i3
        ;;
    bsp|bspwm)
        exec bspwm
        ;;
    awesome)
        exec awesome
        ;;
    xfce|xfce4) 
        exec startxfce4
        ;;
    openbox|openbox-session) 
        exec openbox-session
        ;;
    *) 
        exec $1
        ;;
esac