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gdmthemetester

gdmthemetester(1)						   User Commands						 gdmthemetester(1)

NAME

       gdmthemetester - GDM Theme Test Utility

SYNOPSIS

       gdmthemetester environment theme

DESCRIPTION

       gdmthemetester enables you to view a theme outside GDM. This is useful to test or view themes. gdmthemetester requires that the system sup-
       port gdmXnest. Note that themes can display differently depending on the "Show mode" of the theme. You can view	the  themes  in  different
       modes by specifying the environment option.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       environment     Specifies the mode. The following values are valid:

		       console

			   Console mode

		       console-timed

			   Console non-flexi mode

		       flexi

			   Flexi mode

		       remote-flexi

			   Remote (XDMCP) and flexi mode

		       xdmcp

			   Remote (XDMCP) mode

       theme	       Either the path name or the name of a theme to view.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables:

       XNESTSIZE	       Can be set to widthxheight to test the  theme at a specific resolution. For example, 800x600.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gdmthemetester Executable for GDM Theme Test Utility

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-display-mgr	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       gdm(1), gdmXnestchooser(1), gdmflexiserver(1), gdmphotosetup(1), gdmsetup(1), gdm-restart(1m), gdmconfig(1m), gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES

       Original  man page written by Martin K. Petersen <mkp@mkp.net>, George Lebl <jirka@5z.com>. Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 by Martin K. Petersen.
       Copyright (c) 2001, 2003, 2004 by George Lebl. Copyright (c) 2003 by Red Hat, Inc.

       Updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.10							    1 Sep 2004							 gdmthemetester(1)

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