Provided by: xfdesktop4_4.12.3-2ubuntu1_amd64 
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 http://bugzilla.xfce.org/. 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
http://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>. August 2014 XFDESKTOP(1)