| awww-daemon(1) | General Commands Manual | awww-daemon(1) |
NAME
awww-daemon
SYNOPSIS
awww-daemon [OPTIONS]
OPTIONS
-f,--format <argb|abgr|rgb|bgr>
By default, awww-daemon will use argb, because it is most widely supported. Generally speaking, formats with 3 channels will use 3/4 the memory of formats with 4 channels. Also, bgr formats are more efficient than rgb formats because we do not need to do an extra swap of the bytes when decoding the image (though the difference is unnoticiable).
-l,--layer <background|bottom>
We do not accept layers top and overlay because those would make your desktoop unusable by simply putting an image on top of everything else. If there is ever a use case for these, we can reconsider it.
-n,--namespace <namespace>
The result namespace will the awww-daemon<specified namespace>. This also affects the name of the awww-daemon socket we will use to communicate with the client. Specifically, our socket name is ${WAYLAND_DISPLAY}-awww-daemon.<specified namespace>.socket.
Some compositors can have several different wallpapers per output. This allows you to differentiate between them. Most users will probably not have to set anything in this option.
--no-cache
-q,--quiet
-h, --help
-V, --version
DESCRIPTION
The awww-daemon will run continuously, waiting for commands in ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/awww-${WAYLAND_DISPLAY}.socket (or /tmp/awww/awww-${WAYLAND_DISPLAY}.socket, if $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set). The daemon will take care of both creating and deleting that file when it is initialized or killed.
SEE ALSO
| 2026-03-24 |