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.TH "swww-daemon" "1" "2024-06-09"
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.SH NAME
swww-daemon
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.SH SYNOPSIS
swww-daemon [-q|--quiet] [-f|--format <xrgb|xbgr|rgb|bgr>] [--no-cache]
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.SH OPTIONS
.PP
\fB-f\fR,\fB--format\fR <xrgb|xbgr|rgb|bgr>
.RS 4
Force the daemon to use a specific wl_shm format.\&
.PP
IMPORTANT: make sure this is a value your compositor actually supports!\&
\&'\&swww-daemon'\& will automatically select the best format for itself during
initialization; this is only here for fallback, debug, and workaround
purposes.\&
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.RE
\fB--no-cache\fR
.RS 4
Don'\&t search the cache for the last wallpaper for each output.\&
Useful if you always want to select which image '\&swww'\& loads manually using
\&'\&swww img'\&
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.RE
\fB-q\fR,\fB--quiet\fR
.RS 4
Makes the daemon only log errors.\&
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.RE
\fB-h\fR, \fB--help\fR
.RS 4
Print help (see a summary with '\&-h'\&)
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.RE
\fB-V\fR, \fB--version\fR
.RS 4
Print version
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.RE
.SH DESCRIPTION
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The \fBswww-daemon\fR will run continuously, waiting for commands in
\fI${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/swww-${WAYLAND_DISPLAY}.\&socket\fR (or
\fI/tmp/swww/swww-${WAYLAND_DISPLAY}.\&socket\fR, 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.\&
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.SH SEE ALSO
\fBswww-init\fR(1)