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. Only one instance of xfdesktop can
be running at a time, and should be started by running
xfdesktop without any arguments.
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 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_CACHE_HOME
- Specifies the root for all user-specific cache data. If this
environment variable is not present, it defaults to
~/.cache
FILES
xfdesktop reads the contents of the
applications menu from the file
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xfce4/desktop/menu.xml. xfdesktop
also keeps some menu cache data in
$XDG_CACHE_HOME/xfce4/desktop/.
BUGS
Please report any bugs to .
Development discussion should be conducted on the mailing
list. Usage-related questions should be directed to the mailing list.
HOMEPAGE
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>.