XFDESKTOP(1)XFDESKTOP(1)NAMExfdesktop - The Xfce 4 Desktop Environment's desktop manager
SYNOPSISxfdesktop
xfdesktop [options]
DESCRIPTIONxfdesktop 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--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.
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
FILESxfdesktop 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 http://bugzilla.xfce.org/. Development dis‐
cussion 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
http://xfce.org/
AUTHOR
Jasper Huijsmans <huysmans@users.sourceforge.net>, Benedikt Meurer
<benny@xfce.org>, and Brian Tarricone <bjt23@cornell.edu>.
This manual page was originally written by Brian Tarricone
<bjt23@cornell.edu>.
2 December 2007 Version 4.5.x XFDESKTOP(1)
