Oh snap! Thanks for the heads up @Petrakis!
Applying this on the stock image might end up being a case of another update, ala the 0.4-0.5 route. There may be a few people who could have difficulty with this. I’ll definitely apply this to the custom image myself; or if there’s a 0.51 image, wait for that as well. It shouldn’t be too hard actually, since it’s all just within the launcher. Writing a script would be super easy. I might do it soon.
Either way, it’s happening 
Thanks!
Here’s a small script to do the change.
wget -O /home/cpi/twm.sh https://www.dropbox.com/s/m43wz5o5syrhkx8/twm.sh?dl=1
chmod +x /home/cpi/twm.sh
./twm.sh
Contents of the script:
#!/bin/sh
# WRITTEN BY JAVELINFACE FOR THE GAMESHELL FEB 14 2020
echo "----------DELETE LINE 10----------"
sed -i "10d" /home/cpi/launcher/.xinitrc
echo "----------WRITE LINE 10----------"
sed -i "9 a \ exec /usr/bin/twm -f ~/launcher/.twmrc" /home/cpi/launcher/.xinitrc
echo "----------DELETE LINE 11----------"
sed -i "11d" /home/cpi/launcher/.xinitrc
echo "----------WRITE LINE 11----------"
sed -i "10 a \ #exec ~/launcher/dwm-mod" /home/cpi/launcher/.xinitrc
echo "----------DELETE LINE 19----------"
sed -i "19d" /home/cpi/launcher/.xinitrc
echo "----------WRITE LINE 19----------"
sed -i "18 a \ exec awesome -c ~/launcher/awesome/rc.lua" /home/cpi/launcher/.xinitrc
echo "----------DELETE LINE 20----------"
sed -i "20d" /home/cpi/launcher/.xinitrc
echo "----------WRITE LINE 20----------"
sed -i "19 a \ #exec ~/launcher/dwm-mod -w" /home/cpi/launcher/.xinitrc
echo "----------CLEANUP----------"
rm /home/cpi/twm.sh
What I did
For those of you wanting to do what I’m about to do to their own image, I’ve modified /home/cpi/launcher/.xinitrc from"
session=${1:-gameshell}
case $session in
hdmi )
exec ~/launcher/aria2c --conf-path=/home/cpi/launcher/aria2.conf &
feh --bg-center ~/launcher/sys.py/gameshell/wallpaper/desktopbg.jpg
cd ~/launcher/sys.py/ ; python appinstaller.py > /tmp/appinstaller.log & cd ~/
exec ~/launcher/load.sh &
exec ~/launcher/sys.py/gsnotify/gsnotify-arm daemon &
#exec /usr/bin/twm -f ~/launcher/.twmrc
exec ~/launcher/dwm-mod
;;
gameshell )
exec ~/launcher/aria2c --conf-path=/home/cpi/launcher/aria2.conf &
feh --bg-center ~/launcher/sys.py/gameshell/wallpaper/loading.png
cd ~/launcher/sys.py/ ; python appinstaller.py > /tmp/appinstaller.log & cd ~/
exec ~/launcher/load.sh &
exec ~/launcher/sys.py/gsnotify/gsnotify-arm &
#exec awesome -c ~/launcher/awesome/rc.lua
exec ~/launcher/dwm-mod -w
;;
*)
exec $1;;
esac
to
session=${1:-gameshell}
case $session in
hdmi )
exec ~/launcher/aria2c --conf-path=/home/cpi/launcher/aria2.conf &
feh --bg-center ~/launcher/sys.py/gameshell/wallpaper/desktopbg.jpg
cd ~/launcher/sys.py/ ; python appinstaller.py > /tmp/appinstaller.log & cd ~/
exec ~/launcher/load.sh &
exec ~/launcher/sys.py/gsnotify/gsnotify-arm daemon &
exec /usr/bin/twm -f ~/launcher/.twmrc
#exec ~/launcher/dwm-mod
;;
gameshell )
exec ~/launcher/aria2c --conf-path=/home/cpi/launcher/aria2.conf &
feh --bg-center ~/launcher/sys.py/gameshell/wallpaper/loading.png
cd ~/launcher/sys.py/ ; python appinstaller.py > /tmp/appinstaller.log & cd ~/
exec ~/launcher/load.sh &
exec ~/launcher/sys.py/gsnotify/gsnotify-arm &
exec awesome -c ~/launcher/awesome/rc.lua
#exec ~/launcher/dwm-mod -w
;;
*)
exec $1;;
esac
Basically commenting out the DWM and enabling the TWM.
The changes are to do with how the window managers behave, in particular when plugging in via HDMI. You probably won’t notice anything if you only use your gameshell handheld.
It does however seem to make the launcher icons move a bit smoother, but also a bit slower. I’ll have to do a side by side comparison to check.
You will also need to edit the ~/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg file, and have fullscreen enabled. Windows mode doesn’t scale well, and will be zoomed in like crazy after enabling twm.
Look for this line, changing it to true:
video_fullscreen = "true"
I’ll add this to the script tomorrow too.
