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NAME

       fbdesk - Icons on the desktop

SYNOPSIS

         fbdesk [option]

OPTIONS

       -display DISPLAY
           Connect to display.

       -na Do not use antialias features.

       -rc RESOURCE FILE
           Default configuration file to read is ~/.fluxbox/init

           Print available options.

       -v  Print the version number.

DESCRIPTION

       Fbdesk is a fluxbox-util application that creates and manage icons on
       your Fluxbox desktop. Features implemented include:

         - Transparent text and icon
         - xpm, png, jpg, jfi, jfif, pnm, ppm, pgm, pbm, pam, tga, gif and bmp image loading
         - Antialias text
         - UTF-8 and multibyte support
         - Vertical text
         - Grid Snapping
         - GUI for editing command/label and add/remove icons
         - Fluxbox menu style

ENVIRONMENT

       None.

FILES

       The defaul configuration file is ~/.fluxbox/init whose entries:

           fbdesk.iconFile:  filename to icon file (default: ~/.fluxbox/fbdesk.icons)
           fbdesk.font: icon font name (default: fixed)
           fbdesk.textColor:  color for icon text  (default: black)
           fbdesk.textBackground: color (default: white)
           fbdesk.snapX: x snap size (default: 5)
           fbdesk.snapY: y snap size (default: 5)
           fbdesk.doubleClickInterval: time interval between clicks for a double click (default: 200)
           fbdesk.textPlacement: placement for text around icon image  (default: Bottom)
           fbdesk.lockPositions: bool (default: false)
           # Possible values for text placement: Left, Right, Top and Bottom
           session.styleFile: style file for menu (default: none) this one is read from ~/.fluxbox/init

       The Icon file format is:

           # this is a comment
           # Start of one icon entry
           [Deskop Entry]
           Icon=the image filename
           Name=the icon label
           Exec=what it executes
           Pos= 123 456  # position of the icon
           [end]
           # end of one icon entry

       An example of iconfile:

           [Desktop Entry]
           Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-home.png
           Name=aterm
           Exec=aterm
           Pos= 100 100
           [end]

SEE ALSO

       dfm(1) rox-files(1) xtdesk(1)

       Homepage http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/fbdesk/

AUTHORS

       Program author Henrik Kinnunen <fluxgen@users.sourceforge.net>

       This manual page was written by Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> for
       the Debian GNU system (but may be used by others). Released under GPL
       v2 or any later version.