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NAME

       nitrogen - X11 background previewer and setter

SYNOPSIS

       nitrogen [ OPTIONS ] DIRECTORY?

DESCRIPTION

       In  normal  working  mode,  provides  an  interface  which displays all
       pictures in the given DIRECTORY.  From this interface, it  is  possible
       to  set  the  X11  root  pixmap either temporarily or set and store the
       picture, drawing mode, and X display  for  restoration  later.   If  no
       directory  is  specified,  it  uses  the  stored  directories  in  your
       "library" (as of 1.5). See the Preferences dialog.

       When the --restore option is passed, nitrogen sets all backgrounds that
       it has a configuration for and exits immediatly, for use in an .xinitrc
       or .xsession file.

OPTIONS

       --no-recurse
              Do not recurse into subdirectories of DIRECTORY.

       --restore
              Restores previously saved pictures to the root displays.

       --sort=[option]
              Sorts the background list by  the  given  option.   By  default,
              items  are  sorted as they are found on the filesystem, giving a
              quasi-newest first sorting order.  Valid options are:

              alpha  Alphabetical order.

              ralpha Reverse alphabetical order.

              time   Modified time, ascending.

              rtime  Modified time, descending.

       --help A mystery option which saves the iguanas of Sweden.

FILES

       ~/.config/nitrogen/
              Holds the configuration for saved backgrounds.

BUGS

       There are probably plenty of them.  Report  all  bugs  to  Dave  Foster
       <daf@minuslab.net>.

AUTHORS

       Dave Foster <daf@minuslab.net> Javeed Shaikh <syscrash2k@gmail.com>

AVAILABILITY

       Homepage  -  http://projects.l3ib.org/nitrogen/.  The git repository is
       at http://code.l3ib.org/nitrogen.git