1FBSETBG(1) BSD General Commands Manual FBSETBG(1)
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4 fbsetbg — set a background/wallpaper
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7 fbsetbg [-fctaFCTA wallpaper] [-uU wallpapersetter]
8 [-bB fbsetrootoptions ...] [-rR path] [-l]
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11 fbsetbg is a wrapper that tries to find a suitable background-setting app
12 and then tries to set the wallpaper using that app. You don't have to
13 configure fbsetbg. It just uses the first app it can find.
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15 Furthermore it supports remembering the last set wallpaper so you don't
16 have to edit the style or init-file to change the wallpaper.
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18 It aims to provide clear error messages in a window that make debugging
19 problems easy.
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22 -f file
23 Set fullscreen wallpaper.
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25 -c file
26 Set centered wallpaper.
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28 -t file
29 Set tiled wallpaper.
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31 -a file
32 Set maximized wallpaper, preserving aspect (if your bgsetter
33 doesn't support this option fbsetbg falls back to -f ).
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35 -u wallpapersetter
36 Use specified wallpapersetter, use no argument to forget.
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38 -b fbsetrootoptions
39 Forward the options to fbsetroot.
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41 -r directory
42 Set random wallpaper from a directory.
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44 -F, -C, -T, -A, -U, -B, -R
45 Same as the uncapsed option but without remembering.
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47 -l Set previous wallpaper. Or, if the random feature was last used,
48 set another random wallpaper from the same directory.
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50 -i Display usefull information about best wallpapersetter found.
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52 -p Display some usefull tips.
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54 -h Display a help message.
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57 ~/.fluxbox/lastwallpaper
58 In this file the wallpaper you set will be stored, for the -l option.
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61 wpsetters Wallpapersetters to use.
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63 DISPLAY The display you want to set the wallpaper on.
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66 To use feh as wallpapersetter and set wallpapper.jpg from the current
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69 $ wpsetters=feh fbsetbg wallpaper.jpg
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71 Recall the last set wallpaper on display :0.0 with the stored options.
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73 $ DISPLAY=:0.0 fbsetbg -l
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76 fbsetroot(1), fluxbox(1)
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79 Much more extensive documentation for fbsetbg is provided on:
80 http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/software/fbsetbg/fbsetbg.html
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83 fbsetbg is not foolproof.
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86 The author of fbsetbg is Han Boetes <han@fluxbox.org>
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88BSD May 4, 2004 BSD