FBSETBG(1) Fluxbox Manual FBSETBG(1)
NAME
fbsetbg - Set a background wallpaper or pattern
SYNOPSIS
fbsetbg [-uU wallpapersetter] [-fFcCtTaA] wallpaper
fbsetbg [-uU wallpapersetter] -rR path
fbsetbg -bB fbsetrootoptions...
fbsetbg [-l|h|i|p]
DESCRIPTION
fbsetbg(1) is a wrapper that tries to find a suitable background-setting app and then tries to set the wallpaper using that app. You don't
have to configure fbsetbg. It just uses the first app it can find.
Furthermore it supports remembering the last set wallpaper so you don't have to edit the style or init-file to change the wallpaper.
It aims to provide clear error messages in a window that make debugging problems easy.
OPTIONS
-f file
Set fullscreen wallpaper.
-c file
Set centered wallpaper.
-t file
Set tiled wallpaper.
-a file
Set maximized wallpaper, preserving aspect (if your bgsetter doesn't support this option fbsetbg falls back to -f).
-u wallpapersetter
Use specified wallpapersetter, use no argument to forget.
-b fbsetrootoptions
Forward the options to fbsetroot(1). These can be used to set a solid, pattern, or gradient background texture.
-r directory
Set random wallpaper from a directory.
-F, -C, -T, -A, -U, -B, -R
Same as the lowercase option but without remembering.
-l
Set previous wallpaper. Or, if the random feature was last used, set another random wallpaper from the same directory.
-i
Display useful information about best wallpapersetter found.
-p
Display some useful tips.
-h
Display a help message.
FILES
~/.fluxbox/lastwallpaper
In this file the wallpaper you set will be stored, for the -l option.
ENVIRONMENT
wpsetters
Wallpapersetters to use. This can be a space-delimited list of the applications to try, or just a single name.
DISPLAY
The display you want to set the wallpaper on.
EXAMPLES
To use feh(1) as wallpapersetter and set wallpapper.jpg from the current directory as wallpaper.
$ wpsetters=feh fbsetbg wallpaper.jpg
Recall the last set wallpaper on display :0.0 with the stored options.
$ DISPLAY=:0.0 fbsetbg -l
BUGS
fbsetbg(1) is not foolproof.
AUTHORS
The author of fbsetbg is Han Boetes <han at fluxbox.org>
This manpage was converted to asciidoc format by Jim Ramsay <i.am at jimramsay.com> for fluxbox-1.1.2
SEE ALSO
fluxbox(1) fbsetroot(1)
AUTHOR
Jim Ramsay <i.am@jimramsay.com>
Author.
fbsetbg.txt 28 October 2011 FBSETBG(1)