XFDESKTOP(1) General Commands Manual XFDESKTOP(1)
NAME
xfdesktop - The Xfce 4 Desktop Environment's desktop manager
SYNOPSIS
xfdesktop
xfdesktop [options]
DESCRIPTION
xfdesktop manages the desktop itself in the Xfce 4 Desktop Environment.
This includes drawing the desktop backdrop and providing a right-click
applications menu and middle-click window list menu, as well as drawing
icons on the desktop. Only one instance of xfdesktop can be running at
a time, and should be started by running xfdesktop without any argu-
ments.
OPTIONS
HELP OPTIONS:
-h, --help
Show help options
--help-all
Show all help options
--help-gtk
Show GTK+ Options
--help-sm-client
Show session management options
APPLICATION OPTIONS:
-V, --version
Display version information
-R, --reload
Causes an already-running instance of xfdesktop to reload all
its settings and redraws the desktop background.
-N, --next
Causes an already-running instance of xfdesktop to advance to
the next wallpaper on the current workspace.
-M, --menu
Causes an already-running instance of xfdesktop to pop up the
applications menu at the current position of the mouse cursor.
-W, --windowlist
Causes an already-running instance of xfdesktop to pop up the
window list menu at the current position of the mouse cursor.
-A, --arrange
Automatically arrange all the icons on the desktop
-D, --disable-wm-check
Do not wait for a window manager on startup
-e, --enable-debug
Enable debug messages
-d, --disable-debug
Disable debug messages
-Q, --quit
Cause xfdesktop to quit
--display=[DISPLAY]
X display to use
ENVIRONMENT
xfdesktop's behavior is affected by the following environment vari-
ables.
XDG_CONFIG_HOME
Specifies the root for all user-specific configuration files.
If this environment variable is not present, it defaults to
~/.config
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
Specifies a colon-separated list of system directories in which
to search for configuration data. If this environment variable
is not present, it defaults to /etc/xdg
FILES
xfdesktop searches for a menu description file in $XDG_CON-
FIG_DIRS/menus/xfce-applications.menu. xfdesktop can also use a user-
customized menu in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/menus/.
BUGS
Please report any bugs to https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop.
Development discussion should be conducted on the xfce4-dev@xfce.org
mailing list.
Usage-related questions should be directed to the xfce@xfce.org mailing
list.
HOMEPAGE
https://xfce.org/
AUTHOR
Jasper Huijsmans <huysmans@users.sourceforge.net>, Benedikt Meurer
<benny@xfce.org>, Brian Tarricone <bjt23@cornell.edu>, and Eric Koegel
<eric@xfce.org>.
This manual page was originally written by Brian Tarricone <bjt23@cor-
nell.edu>.
July 2019 XFDESKTOP(1)
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