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Bug#740825: RFP: xuserrun -- Run commands as the currently-active X11 user



Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : xuserrun
  Version         : -
  Upstream Author : Todd Partridge <toddrpartridge@gmail.com>, Brain Mattern https://github.com/rephormE
* URL             : https://github.com/Gen2ly/xuserrun
* License         : GPLv3+
  Programming Lang: Bash
  Description     : Run commands as the currently-active X11 user

xuserrun allows a command to be run on the X.org user's display. It determines
the DISPLAY and USER environmental variables of the logged-in user necessary to
run a program through the X.org server display. Its primary use is to be able
to run a X.org program from within another environment (different user,
console, cron, boot script...).


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