---
name: "adesklets"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "adesklets"
version: "0.6.1-4"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/adesklets"
---

# adesklets(1)

manual page for adesklets 0.6.1

## NAME

adesklets - manual page for adesklets 0.6.1

## SYNOPSIS

**adesklets** \[*OPTION*\]... \[*string\_id*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Fake root window detection

- **--e16**

  Enlightenment 16, version 0.16.8 and later

- **--kde**

  KDE \>= 3.4.1 desktop detection

- **--nautilus**

  Nautilus desktop detection

- **--rox**

  ROX-Filer detection (incomplete)

- **--user**

  Interactive detection (by user click)

- **--xfce4**

  Xfce4 desktop detection (tested on Xfce4 4.2.x, with xfdesktop managing the icons)

- **--xffm**

  Xffm desktop window detection (tested on xffm 4.3.3.1, with xffm-deskview managing the icons)

- **--do-it-once**

  When applicable, do not run the detection for each desklet, but only once for all. Of course, desklets on multiple screens will unlikely detect the right fake root window, but it will speed things up for single screen settings.

Miscellany

- **-h**,--help

  Print out this message and exit

- **-w** progname

  Wait for at least one 'progname' instance to run under the current user id (UID) before performing any further action

- **-d** delay

  Wait for a given delay (in seconds) before performing any further action

- **-e** editor

  Use an alternate editor for configuring the desklets; it needs to be a standalone executable that does not need a pseudo terminal

- **-v**,--version

  Printout adesklets version

- **-k**,--killall

  Kill all running, registered desklets

- **-c**,--cleanup

  Remove all dead entries from $HOME/.adesklets (this implies \`--killall')

**-i**,--installer Invoke the desklet installer (requires Python)

- **-f** script

  Execute command set from the \`script' file

If no \`string\_id' is given, adesklets acts as a launcher (unless the \`-f' switch is involved). Otherwise, adesklets acts as an interpreter, if no \`-k' or \`-c' switch is used.

The most usual invokation of adesklets is the bare \`adesklets' command, without arguments: it makes adesklets launch every registered desklets from $HOME/.adesklets, without any fake root window detection.

Written By Sylvain Fourmanoit \<syfou@users.sourceforge.net\>

## WARNING

The options described here are only valid if you are using the shell  frontend.

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **adesklets** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the **info** and **adesklets** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

-

  **info adesklets**

should give you access to the complete manual.