1FBSETROOT(1)                    Fluxbox Manual                    FBSETROOT(1)
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NAME

6       fbsetroot - a simple background utility used by the fluxbox(1) window
7       manager, originally written for and by the original blackbox(1) window
8       manager.
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SYNOPSIS

11       fbsetroot [-display display] -solid color
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13       fbsetroot [-display display] -mod x y -fg color -bg color
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15       fbsetroot [-display display] -gradient texture -from color -to color
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17       fbsetroot -help
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DESCRIPTION

20       fbsetroot(1) is a utility that can control the appearance of the root
21       window in three ways: Either give it a solid color, or write a two
22       color modula pattern to it, or render a gradient texture, based on two
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25       fbsetroot resembles xsetroot(1) in this functionality but it supports
26       multiple-screen displays, and gradient textures the same way as
27       blackbox or fluxbox does. It doesn’t handle cursors etc. fbsetroot was
28       originally part of the Blackbox package and was carried over with the
29       code that became Fluxbox. It was called bsetroot back in those days.
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31       If any errors are encountered, fbsetroot will use either gxmessage(1)
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OPTIONS

35       fbsetroot operates in three ways, you must choose one of the first 3
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38       -solid color
39           Sets the root window to specified color.
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42           Creates a modula pattern. You must specify -bg and -fg colors.
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45           Renders the specified texture string to the root window.
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47           texturestring may be one of:
48               Horizontal / Vertical / Diagonal / Crossdiagonal / Pipecross /
49               Elliptic / Rectangle / Pyramid
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51               Select one of these texture types, they only apply when
52               -gradient is specified. You must also specify both a -from and
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55       -display display
56           Tells fbsetroot to connect to the specified display.
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58       -bg, -background color
59           Background color. Needed for -mod patterns.
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62           Foreground color. Needed for -mod patterns.
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65           Start color for rendering textures. Needed for -gradient patterns.
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68           Ending color for rendering textures. Needed for -gradient patterns.
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71           Prints version info and short help text.
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AUTHORS

74       This manpage was modified by Curt "Asenchi" Micol <asenchi at
75       asenchi.com> for the Fluxbox window manager.
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77       Further updates for fluxbox-1.1.2 and conversion to asciidoc format by
78       Jim Ramsay <i.am at jimramsay.com>
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SEE ALSO

81       fluxbox(1) fbsetbg(1) xsetroot(1) xmessage(1) gxmessage(1)
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AUTHOR

84       Jim Ramsay <i.am@jimramsay.com>
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89fbsetroot.txt                  08 February 2015                   FBSETROOT(1)
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