====== Getting Started ======

If your distribution doesn't come with a default installation of ''xfce4-power-manager'', it will be started next time you log into your Xfce desktop after you have installed it. In order to start it manually you just need to run the following command ''xfce4-power-manager'' from your terminal emulator. Please note that running this ''xfce4-power-manager'' command will cause the power manager to run in daemon mode. You can optionally add ''--no-daemon'' as a command line argument to disable this behavior. This can be useful if you want to see debugging outputs from your terminal emulator.

===== Command-line Options =====

The general usage of the command line options is:
<code>xfce4-power-manager [OPTION...]</code>

Here is a summary of all the options, grouped by type. Explanations are in the following sections.

? Help Options
! <nowiki>-h; --help; --help-all; --help-sm-client</nowiki>

? Application Options
! <nowiki>--no-daemon; --debug; --dump; --restart; -c; --customize; -q; --quit; -V; --version</nowiki>

===== Help Options =====

? -h, --help
! Shows help options and exit
? --help-all
! Shows all help options and exit
? --help-sm-client
! Shows session management options and exit

===== Application Options =====

? --no-daemon
! Starts the power manager in non-daemon mode: useful for debugging
? --debug
! Enables debugging
? --dump
! Dumps all information
? --restart
!  Restarts the running instance of Xfce power manager
? -c, --customize
! Opens the [[:xfce:xfce4-power-manager:4.12:preferences|settings dialog]]
? -q, --quit
! Causes any running instance of the power manager to exit
? -V, --version
! Prints the current version number of the power manager