Command-line Options

The general usage of the application in the command-line is:

xfdesktop [OPTIONS...]

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

Help Options

-h, --help; --help-all; --help-gtk; --help-sm-client

Application Options

-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

GTK+ Options

--class, --name, --display, --gdk-debug, --gdk-no-debug, --gtk-module, --g-fatal-warnings, --gtk-debug, --gtk-no-debug

Session Management Options

--sm-client-id, --sm-client-disable

-h, --help

Show help options

--help-all

Show all help options

--help-gtk

Show GTK+ options

--help-sm-client

Show session management 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

--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

--sm-client-id=ID

Session management client ID

--sm-client-disable

Disable session management