DESKTOPCTL(1)

NAME
desktopctl - Control interface for the desktop manager

SYNOPSIS

desktopctl -H | -L | -P | -R | -S | -T | -V | -a | -c | -f | -h | -n

DESCRIPTION

desktopctl is a control interface for the desktop manager. It can trigger events and modify the behavior of the desktop manager with a command line interface, while running.

OPTIONS

The following options are available:

-H
    Place icons horizontally.

-L
    Rotate screen to landscape mode.

-P
    Rotate screen to portrait mode.

-R
    Rotate screen.

-S
    Display or change settings.

-T
    Toggle screen rotation.

-V
    Place icons vertically.

-a
    Display the applications registered.

-c
    Sort the applications registered by category.

-f
    Display contents of the desktop folder.

-h
    Display the homescreen.

-n
    Do not display icons on the desktop.

BUGS

Issues can be listed and reported at https://www.defora.org/os/project/bug_list/230/Browser.

SEE ALSO

browser(1), copy(1), delete(1), desktop(1), move(1), open(1), properties(1), view(1)

AUTHOR

Pierre Pronchery <khorben@defora.org>
    Code and documentation.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Pierre Pronchery <khorben@defora.org>

This manual page was written for the DeforaOS project (and may be used by others).

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.