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Command-line Options

Command-line Options

The general usage of the command line options is:

xfdesktop [OPTION...]

Only one instance of xfdesktop can be running at a time, and should be started by running xfdesktop without any arguments.

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

Help Options: -h, --help; --help-all; --help-gtk; --help-sm-client

Application Options: -V; --version; --reload; --menu; --windowlist; --arrange; --quit; --display=DISPLAY

Help Options

-h, --help: Show help options and exit

--help-all: Show all help options and exit

--help-gtk: Show GTK+ Options and exit

--help-sm-client: Show session management options and exit

Application Options

-V, --version: Display version information and exit

--reload: Causes an already-running instance of xfdesktop to reload all its settings, including loading a new random backdrop if using a backdrop list

--menu: Causes an already-running instance of xfdesktop to pop up the applications menu at the current position of the mouse cursor

--windowlist: Causes an already-running instance of xfdesktop to pop up the window list menu at the current position of the mouse cursor

--arrange: Automatically arrange all the icons on the desktop

--quit: Cause xfdesktop to quit

--display=DISPLAY: X display to use

GTK+ Options

--class=CLASS: Program class as used by the window manager

--name=NAME: Program name as used by the window manager

--screen=SCREEN: X screen to use

--sync: Make X calls synchronous

--gtk-module=MODULES: Load additional GTK+ modules

--g-fatal-warnings: Make all warnings fatal

Session management options

--sm-client-id=ID: Session management client ID

--sm-client-disable: Disable session management