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.TH VARIETY "1" "December 2020" "variety 0.8.5" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
variety \- Variety Wallpaper Changer
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B variety
[\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,files or urls\/\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Passing local files will add them to Variety's queue.
Passing remote URLs will make Variety fetch them to Fetched folder and place them in the queue.
.PP
To set a specific wallpaper: variety \fB\-\-set\fR \fI\,/some/local/image.jpg\/\fP
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
show program's version number and exit
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
show this help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-profile\fR=\fI\,PROFILE\/\fR
Profile name or full path to the configuration folder
Variety should use. If not specified, this is
~/.config/variety/. If just a name is used instead of
a full path, the profile folder will be
~/.config/variety\-profiles/<name>. Use only when
initially starting Variety \- changing the profile path
requires restart. Several instances of Variety can be
started when using different profiles, each with its
own separate configuration. This can be used for
example to control several different screens or
workspaces under desktop environments like XFCE which
allow this. To pass commands to a running instance,
pass the same \fB\-\-profile\fR argument as the one it was
started with in subsequent commands.
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Show logging messages (\fB\-vv\fR to \fB\-vvvvv\fR will profile
various parts of Variety with increasing detail
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quit\fR
Make the running instance quit
.TP
\fB\-\-get\fR, \fB\-\-get\-wallpaper\fR, \fB\-\-current\fR, \fB\-\-show\-current\fR
Print the current wallpaper location. Used only when
the application is already running.
.TP
\fB\-\-set\fR=\fI\,SET_WALLPAPER\/\fR, \fB\-\-set\-wallpaper\fR=\fI\,SET_WALLPAPER\/\fR
Set the given file as wallpaper, absolute path
required
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-next\fR
Show Next wallpaper
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-previous\fR
Show Previous wallpaper
.TP
\fB\-\-fast\-forward\fR
Show Next wallpaper, skipping the forward history
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-trash\fR
Move current wallpaper to Trash. Used only when the
application is already running.
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-favorite\fR
Copy current wallpaper to Favorites. Used only when
the application is already running.
.TP
\fB\-\-move\-to\-favorites\fR
Move current wallpaper to Favorites. Used only when
the application is already running.
.TP
\fB\-\-pause\fR
Pause on current image
.TP
\fB\-\-resume\fR
Resume regular image changes
.TP
\fB\-\-toggle\-pause\fR
Toggle Pause/Resume state
.TP
\fB\-\-toggle\-no\-effects\fR
Toggle "Show Without Effects" for current image
.TP
\fB\-\-quotes\-next\fR
Show Next quote
.TP
\fB\-\-quotes\-previous\fR
Show Previous quote
.TP
\fB\-\-quotes\-fast\-forward\fR
Show Next quote, skipping the forward history
.TP
\fB\-\-quotes\-toggle\-pause\fR
Toggle Quotes Pause/Resume state
.TP
\fB\-\-quotes\-save\-favorite\fR
Save the current quote to Favorites
.TP
\fB\-\-history\fR
Toggle History display
.TP
\fB\-\-downloads\fR
Toggle Recent Downloads display
.TP
\fB\-\-preferences\fR, \fB\-\-show\-preferences\fR
Show Preferences dialog
.TP
\fB\-\-selector\fR, \fB\-\-show\-selector\fR
Show manual wallpaper selector \- the thumbnail bar
filled with images from the active image sources
.TP
\fB\-\-set\-option\fR=\fI\,SET_OPTIONS\/\fR
Sets and applies an option. The option names are the
same that are used in Variety's config file
~/.config/variety/variety.conf. Multiple options can
be set in a single command. Example: 'variety \fB\-\-setoption\fR icon Dark \fB\-\-set\-option\fR clock_enabled True'. USE
WITH CAUTION: You are changing the settings file
directly in an unguarded way.