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NAME
       xfdesktop - The Xfce 4 Desktop Environment's desktop manager


SYNOPSIS
       xfdesktop
       xfdesktop [options]


DESCRIPTION
       xfdesktop 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
       arguments.


OPTIONS
   HELP OPTIONS:
       -h, --help
              Show help options

       --help-all
              Show all help options

       --help-gtk
              Show GTK+ Options

       --help-sm-client
              Show session management options


   APPLICATION OPTIONS:
       -V, --version
              Display version information

       -R, --reload
              Causes an already-running instance of xfdesktop to reload all
              its settings and redraws the desktop background.

       -N, --next
              Causes an already-running instance of xfdesktop to advance to
              the next wallpaper on the current workspace.

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

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

       -A, --arrange
              Automatically arrange all the icons on the desktop

       -D, --disable-wm-check
              Do not wait for a window manager on startup

       -e, --enable-debug
              Enable debug messages

       -d, --disable-debug
              Disable debug messages

       -Q, --quit
              Cause xfdesktop to quit

       --display=[DISPLAY]
              X display to use


ENVIRONMENT
       xfdesktop's behavior is affected by the following environment
       variables.

       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


FILES
       xfdesktop searches for a menu description file in
       $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/menus/xfce-applications.menu.  xfdesktop can also use
       a user-customized menu in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/menus/.


BUGS
       Please report any bugs to https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop.
       Development discussion 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
       https://xfce.org/


AUTHOR
       Jasper Huijsmans <huysmans@users.sourceforge.net>, Benedikt Meurer
       <benny@xfce.org>, Brian Tarricone <bjt23@cornell.edu>, and Eric Koegel
       <eric@xfce.org>.

       This manual page was originally written by Brian Tarricone
       <bjt23@cornell.edu>.

                                   July 2019                      XFDESKTOP(1)