Reference

drapes(1)

a desktop wallpaper management application for the GNOME desktop

NAME

drapes - a desktop wallpaper management application for the GNOME desktop

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the drapes command.

drapes completes (or replaces) the built-in GNOME desktop wallpapers selection tool. It can be configured as a tray application or as a panel applet. The bigest selling point of drapes is ability to rotate wallapers on a timely basis. It strives to be as simple as possible and fits in the rest of the GNOME 2 desktop.

OPTIONS

drapes follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

-v, --version

Show version of program.

GCONF SETTINGS

drapes has several preference settings stored in GConf. Changes to Settings are applied instantly to any running Drapes instance. A summary of the GConf settings and thir purpose are described below.

/apps/drapes/enable_timed_shuffle

used to enable/disable time-based shuffle wallpaper switching.

/apps/drapes/monitor.br

used to enable/disable monitoring of the direcotry specified in /apps/drapes/monitor_directory.

/apps/drapes/monitor_directory.br

the directory that is monitored for changes.

/apps/drapes/on_startup.br

specifies if drapes changes the wallpaper on startup.

/apps/drapes/timedelay.br

time delay between wallpaper changes.

SEE ALSO

Drapes home page: http://drapes.mindtouchsoftware.com/

The GNU General Public License.

AUTHOR

drapes was written by Milosz Tanski <[email protected]>.

This manual page was written by Francesco Namuri <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).