1fbsetroot(1) General Commands Manual fbsetroot(1)
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6 fbsetroot - a simple background utility used by the Fluxbox window man‐
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11 fbsetroot -help
12 fbsetroot [ -display display ] -solid color
13 fbsetroot [ -display display ] -mod x y -fg color -bg color
14 fbsetroot [ -display display ] -gradient texture -from color -to color
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17 fbsetroot is a utility that can control the appearance of the root win‐
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22 fbsetroot resembles xsetroot(1) in this functionality but it supports
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24 box or Fluxbox does. It doesn't handle cursors etc. fbsetroot was
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26 code that became Fluxbox. It was called bsetroot back in those days.
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29 fbsetroot operates in three ways, you must choose one of the first 3
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70 fbsetroot is written and maintained by the Fluxbox Development Team
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72 This manpage was modified by Curt "Asenchi" Micol <asenchi@asenchi.com>
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800.9.13 July 8th, 2005 fbsetroot(1)