---
name: "marco-message"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "marco"
version: "1.29.0-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/marco-message"
---

# marco-message(1)

A command to send messages to Marco.

## NAME

marco-message - A command to send messages to Marco.

## SYNOPSIS

**marco-message \[OPTIONS\]**

## DESCRIPTION

The **marco-message** command is used to perform some simple window manager tasks while Marco is running.

## OPTIONS

- **restart**

  Restart a currently running instance of **marco**.

- **reload-theme**

  Reload the current window border theme specified in the dconf database. (/org/mate/marco/general/theme)

- **enable-keybindings**

  Enable all keybindings specified in the dconf database. (/org/mate/marco/)

- **disable-keybindings**

  Disable all keybindings specified in the dconf database. (/org/mate/marco/)

- **toggle-verbose**

  Enable or Disable debugging messages for **marco**.

## BUGS

### Should you encounter any bugs, they may be reported at:

http://github.com/mate-desktop/marco/issues

## AUTHORS

### This Man Page has been updated/re-written for the MATE Desktop Environment by:

Adam Erdman \<hekel@archlinux.info\> (2014)

## HISTORY

### Portions of this manpage were originally written for the Debian GNU/Linux system by:

Akira TAGOH \<tagoh@debian.org\> (2002)

## SEE ALSO

### Further information may also be available at: http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/docs

[**marco**(1)](/marco/1.md), [**marco-theme-viewer**(1)](/marco-theme-viewer/1.md), [**marco-window-demo**(1)](/marco-window-demo/1.md)