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

  * **[[#Help Options|Help Options]]**
  * **[[#Application Options|Application Options]]**
  * **[[#GTK+ Options|GTK+ Options]]**
  * **[[#Session Management Options|Session Management Options]]**

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===== Introduction ===== 
The general usage of the application in the command-line is:
<code>xfdesktop [OPTIONS...]</code>

<note important>Only one instance of ''xfdesktop'' can be running at  a time, and should be started by running "''xfdesktop''" without any arguments.</note>

Here is a summary of all the options, grouped by type. Detailed explanations are in the following section.

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

? Application Options
! <nowiki>-V; --version; -R, --reload; -N, --next; -M, --menu; -W, --windowlist; -A, --arrange; -e, --enable-debug; -d, --disable-debug; -D, --disable-wm-check; -Q, --quit; --display</nowiki>

? GTK+ Options
! <nowiki>--class, --name, --display, --gdk-debug, --gdk-no-debug, --gtk-module, --g-fatal-warnings, --gtk-debug, --gtk-no-debug</nowiki>

? Session Management Options
! <nowiki>--sm-client-id, --sm-client-disable</nowiki>

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===== 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

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

? -V, --version
! Display version information

? -R, --reload
! Reload all settings

? -N, --next
! Advance to the next wallpaper on the current workspace

? -M, --menu
! Pop up the menu (at the current mouse position)

? -W, --windowlist
! Pop up the window list (at the current mouse position)

? -A, --arrange
! Automatically arrange all the icons on the desktop

? -e, --enable-debug
! Enable debug messages

? -d, --disable-debug
! Disable debug messages

? -D, --disable-wm-check
! Do not wait for a window manager on startup

? -Q, --quit
! Cause ''xfdesktop'' to quit

? --display=DISPLAY
! X display to use

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===== GTK+ Options =====

? --class=CLASS
! Program class as used by the window manager

? --name=NAME
! Program name as used by the window manager

? --display=DISPLAY
! X display to use

? --gdk-debug=FLAGS
! GDK debugging flags to set

? --gdk-no-debug=FLAGS
! GDK debugging flags to unset

? --gtk-module=MODULES
! Load additional GTK+ modules

? --g-fatal-warnings
! Make all warnings fatal

? --gtk-debug=FLAGS 
! GTK+ debugging flags to set

? --gtk-no-debug=FLAGS 
! GTK+ debugging flags to unset

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===== Session Management Options =====

? --sm-client-id=ID
! Session management client ID

? --sm-client-disable
! Disable session management

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