NAME

       nitrogen - X11 background previewer and setter

SYNOPSIS

       nitrogen [ OPTIONS ] DIRECTORY?

DESCRIPTION

       In  normal  working mode, provides an interface which displays all pictures in the given DIRECTORY.  From
       this interface, it is possible to set the X11 root  pixmap  either  temporarily  or  set  and  store  the
       picture,  drawing  mode,  and X display for restoration later.  If no directory is specified, it uses the
       stored directories in your "library" (as of 1.5). See the Preferences dialog.

       When the --restore option is passed, nitrogen sets all backgrounds that it has a  configuration  for  and
       exits immediately, for use in an .xinitrc or .xsession file.

OPTIONS

       --restore
              Restores previously saved pictures to the root displays.

       --no-recurse
              Do not recurse into subdirectories of DIRECTORY.

       --sort=[option]
              Sorts  the background list by the given option.  By default, items are sorted as they are found on
              the filesystem, giving a quasi-newest first sorting order.  Valid options are:

              alpha  Alphabetical order.

              ralpha Reverse alphabetical order.

              time   Modified time, ascending.

              rtime  Modified time, descending.

       --set-auto
              Set the background specified by DIRECTORY using the automatic size setting.

       --set-centered
              Set the background specified by DIRECTORY using the centered size setting.

       --set-scaled
              Set the background specified by DIRECTORY using the scaled size setting.

       --set-tiled
              Set the background specified by DIRECTORY using the tiled size setting.

       --set-zoom
              Set the background specified by DIRECTORY using the zoom size setting.

       --set-zoom-fill
              Set the background specified by DIRECTORY using the zoom fill size setting.

       --save Saves the background permanently in the config. Only used with one of the --set-xxx options.

       --set-color=[arg]
              Sets background color in hex, #000000 by default. Only used with one of the --set-xxx options.

       --random
              Choose random background from config or given directory. Only  used  with  one  of  the  --set-xxx
              options.

       --head=[option]
              Select Xinerama/multihead display in GUI, 0..n, use -1 for full screen (Xinerama only).

       --force-setter=[option]
              DEBUG:  Forces  the  background  setting  engine  to  use a specific backend. This is for advanced
              debugging use only. Valid options are:

              xwindows
                     Standard XWindows primitives.

              xinerama
                     Xinerama/XWindows primitives.

              gnome  GNOME/Nautilus based.

       --help I'm just here so I won't get fined.

FILES

       ~/.config/nitrogen/
              Holds the configuration for saved backgrounds.

BUGS

       Use the GitHub issue tracker: https://github.com/l3ib/nitrogen/issues

AUTHORS

       Dave Foster <daf@minuslab.net> Javeed Shaikh <syscrash2k@gmail.com>

AVAILABILITY

       Nitrogen is developed on GitHub: https://github.com/l3ib/nitrogen/

NITROGEN                                          JANUARY 2016                                       NITROGEN(1)