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.\" $Id$
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2004, Han Boetes <han@fluxbox.org>
.\"
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.\"
.Dd May  4, 2004
.Dt FBSETBG 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm fbsetbg
.Nd "set a background/wallpaper"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm fbsetbg
.Bk -words
.Op Fl fctaFCTA Ar wallpaper
.Op Fl uU Ar wallpapersetter
.Op Fl bB Ar fbsetrootoptions ...
.Op Fl rR Ar path
.Op Fl l
.Ek
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
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.
.Pp
Furthermore it supports remembering the last set wallpaper so you don't
have to edit the style or init\-file to change the wallpaper.
.Pp
It aims to provide clear error messages in a window that make debugging
problems easy.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl f Ar file
Set fullscreen wallpaper.
.It Fl c Ar file
Set centered wallpaper.
.It Fl t Ar file
Set tiled wallpaper.
.It Fl a Ar file
Set maximized wallpaper, preserving aspect (if your bgsetter doesn't
support this option fbsetbg falls back to
.Fl f
).
.It Fl u Ar wallpapersetter
Use specified wallpapersetter, use no argument to forget.
.It Fl b Ar fbsetrootoptions
Forward the options to fbsetroot.
.It Fl r Ar directory
Set random wallpaper from a directory.
.It Fl F , C , T , A , U , B , R
Same as the uncapsed option but without remembering.
.It Fl l
Set previous wallpaper. Or, if the random feature was last used, set
another random wallpaper from the same directory.
.It Fl i
Display useful information about best wallpapersetter found.
.It Fl p
Display some useful tips.
.It Fl h
Display a help message.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "~/.fluxbox/lastwallpaper" -compact
.It Pa ~/.fluxbox/lastwallpaper
.El
In this file the wallpaper you set will be stored, for the
.Fl l
option.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.Pp fbsetbg supports the following environmental variables:
.Ar wpsetters
Wallpapersetters to use.
.Pp
.Ar DISPLAY
The display you want to set the wallpaper on.
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Pp
To use
.Ar feh
as wallpapersetter and set
.Ar wallpapper.jpg
from the current directory as wallpaper.
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ wpsetters=feh fbsetbg wallpaper.jpg
.Ed
.Pp
Recall the last set wallpaper on display
.Ar :0.0
with the stored options.
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ DISPLAY=:0.0 fbsetbg \-l
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr fbsetroot 1 ,
.Xr fluxbox 1
.Sh ONLINE DOCUMENTATION:
Much more extensive documentation for
.Nm
is provided on:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/software/fbsetbg/fbsetbg.html
.Sh BUGS
.Nm
is not foolproof.
.Sh AUTHOR
The author of fbsetbg is Han Boetes <han@fluxbox.org>