1CINNAMON-SETTINGS(1) cinnamon manual CINNAMON-SETTINGS(1)
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6 cinnamon-settings - Configuration panel for cinnamon
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9 cinnamon-settings [-h]
10 cinnamon-settings MODULE [-t TAB]
11 cinnamon-settings applets PANEL
12 cinnamon-settings applets|desklets|extensions [UUID [-i INSTANCE]] [-t
13 TAB_INDEX]
14 cinnamon-settings applets|desklets|extensions UUID INSTANCE
15 cinnamon-settings applets|desklets|extensions|themes [-t TAB]
16 cinnamon-settings applets|desklets|extensions|themes -t download [-s
17 SORT]
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20 cinnamon-settings runs the graphical user interface allowing to config‐
21 ure Cinnamon.
22 It can also be used to run the graphical user interface allowing to
24 configure a specific module, add applets to a panel, and manage xlets.
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27 Specifying a module allows to configure it directly.
28 The following modules are available. You can use name or synonym.
29 The modules with * have a configuration interface with tabs. Each tab
30 can be directly opened (see TAB section below).
31 The modules with ** need root rights to open their configuration inter‐
32 face. So the only tab that will always be open is the first one.
33 NAME SYNONYMS
35 applets*
36 backgrounds* background
37 blueberry bluetooth
38 calendar
39 cinnamon-settings-users** users
40 color colors
41 default*
42 desklets*
43 desktop
44 display screen, screens
45 driver-manager** drivers
46 effects*
47 extensions*
48 fonts
49 general
50 gufw** firewall
51 hotcorner hotcorners
52 info infos
53 keyboard*
54 lightdm-settings** login-screen
55 mintlocale language, locale
56 mintlocale-im input-method
57 mintsources** sources
58 mouse*
59 network networks
60 notifications
61 nvidia-settings nvidia
62 online-accounts accounts
63 panel panels
64 power*
65 privacy
66 screensaver*
67 sound*
68 startup
69 system-config-printer printer, printers
70 themes*
71 tiling
72 universal-access* accessibility
73 user me
74 wacom tablet
75 windows* window
76 workspaces*
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80 Here the modules whose configuration interface contains tabs. Specify‐
81 ing its name or index by the -t option allows to open directly this tab
82 in the configuration interface.
83 NAME TAB_NAME: TAB_INDEX, ...
85 universal-access visual: 0, keyboard: 1, typing: 2, mouse: 3
86 applets installed: 0, more: 1, download: 1
87 backgrounds images: 0, settings: 1
88 default preferred: 0, removable: 1
89 desklets installed: 0, more: 1, download: 1, general: 2
90 effects effects: 0, customize: 1,
91 extensions installed: 0, more: 1, download: 1
92 keyboard typing: 0, shortcuts: 1, layouts: 2
93 mouse mouse: 0, touchpad: 1,
94 power power: 0, batteries: 1, brightness: 2
95 screensaver settings: 0, customize: 1
96 sound output: 0, input: 1, sounds: 2,
97 applications: 3, settings: 4
98 themes themes: 0, download: 1, options: 2
99 windows titlebar: 0, behavior: 1, alttab: 2
100 workspaces osd: 0, settings: 1
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104 PANEL is the panel on which the user want install some applets. User
105 desktop can have up to four panels.
106 panel1 is the first panel (panel by default).
107 panel2, panel3 and panel4 exist only if the user has created them.
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111 The applets, desklets, extensions and themes are the xlets.
112 Each xlet has an UUID (Universal Unique IDentifier). The structure of
114 an UUID is xlet_name@author, except for themes.
115 There are two kinds of xlets: System and Spices.
117 System xlets are in /usr/share/cinnamon/applets/, /usr/share/cinna‐
119 mon/desklets/ and /usr/share/themes/; their UUID ends with '@cinna‐
120 mon.org' except for themes. There is no system extension.
121 Spices are xlets offered by developers to the Cinnamon team, which
123 evaluates and validates them. Complete description of these Spices can
124 be found at https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/.
125 The Spices installed by user are in ~/.local/share/cinnamon (for
126 applets, desklets and extensions) and in ~/.themes.
127 INSTANCE argument is reserved to developers. When an applet or desklet
129 has multiple instances, the configuration interface of each of them can
130 be directly opened by this INSTANCE argument. Users have neither the
131 possibility nor the need to know the value of INSTANCE.
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135 Possible choices are:
136 - name or 0
137 - score or 1 (default value)
138 - date or 2
139 - installed or 3
140 - update or 4 (upgradable Spices first, then acts as date)
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144 The following options are supported:
145 -h, --help
147 Print a help text describing the supported command-line options,
148 and then exit.
149 -s SORT, --sort=SORT
151 Specific to the 'download' tab (see below) for applets,
152 desklets, extensions and themes modules.
153 -t TAB, --tab=TAB
155 Select the tab to open in the settings. Possible choices are:
156 - A number from 0 to n-1, where n is the number of available
157 tabs.
158 - The name of the tab (see list below).
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162 To open System Settings:
163 $ cinnamon-settings
164 To open the printer settings:
167 $ cinnamon-settings printers
168 To open the settings of an installed applet, desklet or extension:
171 $ cinnamon-settings TYPE UUID
172 Examples:
173 $ cinnamon-settings applets SpicesUpdate@claudiux
174 $ cinnamon-settings desklets photoframe@cinnamon.org
175 $ cinnamon-settings extensions watermark@germanfr
176 To add some applets on the second panel (if exists):
178 $ cinnamon-settings applets panel2
179 To open the download tab of the applets settings:
181 $ cinnamon-settings applets --tab=download
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183 $ cinnamon-settings applets -t 1
184 To open the download tab of a type of Spices (applets, desklets, exten‐
187 sions, themes), sorting them by 'name', 'score', 'date', 'installed' or
188 'update', use the '--sort=' or '-s' argument:
189 $ cinnamon-settings TYPE --tab=download --sort=SORT
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191 $ cinnamon-settings TYPE -t 1 -s SORT
192 where TYPE can be applets, desklets, extensions or themes
193 and SORT can be name (or 0), score (or 1), date (or 2),
194 installed (or 3), update (or 4)
195 Example:
197 $ cinnamon-settings applets -t 1 -s date
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201 cinnamon-menu-editor(1)
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205 Claude Clerc (claudiux) and Nicolas Bourdaud (nbourdau).
206Cinnamon 2019-02-10 CINNAMON-SETTINGS(1)