NAME gnome-wm – Launches the user selected window manager for the GNOME session SYNOPSIS gnome-wm [–default-wm windowmanager] [–sm-client-id id] DESCRIPTION The gnome-wm script invokes the user selected window manager. If the user has not chosen a window manager it will launch a GNOME compliant window manager. The user can overwrite the selection of a window…
NAME gedit – text editor for the GNOME Desktop SYNOPSIS gedit [OPTION…] [FILE…] [+LINE[:COLUMN]] gedit [OPTION…] – DESCRIPTION gedit is the official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. While aiming at simplicity and ease of use, gedit is a powerful general purpose text editor. It can be used to create and edit all kinds…
gnome-terminal – A terminal emulator for GNOME Synopsis gnome-terminal [OPTION…] [– PROGRAM [ARG…]]Descriptiongnome-terminal is a terminal emulator application for accessing a UNIX shell environment which can be used to run programs available on your system. It supports several profiles, multiple tabs and implements several keyboard shortcuts. Options–help, -h Show a brief overview of all the…
NAME gnome-terminal – A terminal emulator for GNOME SYNOPSIS gnome-terminal [OPTION…] [– PROGRAM [ARG…]] DESCRIPTION gnome-terminal is a terminal emulator application for accessing a UNIX shell environment which can be used to run programs available on your system. It supports several profiles, multiple tabs and implements several keyboard shortcuts. OPTIONS –help, -h Show a brief…
NAME gnome-system-monitor — view and control processes SYNOPSIS gnome-system-monitor [-s,–simple] gnome-system-monitor The gnome-system-monitor allows you to view and control the processes running on your system. You can access detailed memory maps, send signals, and terminate the processes. In addition, the gnome-system-monitor provides an overall view of the resource usage on your system, including memory and…
NAME gnome-system-log – the GNOME System Log Viewer SYNOPSIS gnome-system-log or select System Log from the System Tools submenu of the Applications menu. DESCRIPTION GNOME System Log Viewer is a simple utility to display system log files. AUTHOR The GNOME System Log Viewer was written by Cesar Miquel <miquel [at] df.uba.ar>. This manual page was…
NAME gnome-subtitles – video subtitling for the GNOME desktop SYNOPSIS gnome-subtitles [options] DESCRIPTION Gnome Subtitles is a subtitle editor for the GNOME desktop. It supports the most common text-based subtitle formats and allows for subtitle editing, conversion and synchronization. OPTIONS filename Specifies the subtitle file to open when Gnome Subtitles starts. If this is not…
NAME gnome-ssh-askpass – prompts a user for a passphrase using GNOME SYNOPSIS gnome-ssh-askpass DESCRIPTION gnome-ssh-askpass is a GNOME-based passphrase dialog for use with OpenSSH. It is intended to be called by the ssh-add(1) program and not invoked directly. It allows ssh-add(1) to obtain a passphrase from a user, even if not connected to a terminal…
NAME gnome-software – Install applications SYNOPSIS gnome-software [OPTION…] DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the gnome-software command. gnome-software allows you to add and remove applications and update your system. OPTIONS -?, –help Prints a short help text and exits. –version Prints the program version and exits. –mode MODE Starts gnome-software in the given mode. MODE…
NAME gnome-software-editor – Design the featured banners for GNOME Software SYNOPSIS gnome-software-editor [OPTION…] DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the gnome-software-editor command. gnome-software-editor allows you to design featured banners for the GNOME Software overview page. OPTIONS -?, –help Prints a short help text and exits. AUTHOR This manual page was written by Richard Hughes <richard…
NAME gnome-shell – Graphical shell for the GNOME desktop SYNOPSIS gnome-shell [OPTION…] DESCRIPTION GNOME shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 desktop, like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts to provide a visually attractive and…
NAME gnome-settings-daemon – GNOME settings daemon SYNOPSIS gnome-settings-daemon [OPTION…] DESCRIPTION gnome-settings-daemon provides many session-wide services and functions that require a long-running process. Among the services implemented by gnome-settings-daemon are an XSettings manager, which provides theming, font and other settings to GTK+ applications, and a clipboard manager, which preserves clipboard contents when an application exits. Many…
NAME gnome-session – Start the GNOME desktop environment SYNOPSIS gnome-session [-a|–autostart=DIR] [–session=SESSION] [–failsafe|-f] [–debug] [–whale] DESCRIPTION The gnome-session program starts up the GNOME desktop environment. This command is typically executed by your login manager (either gdm, xdm, or from your X startup scripts). It will load either your saved session, or it will provide a…
NAME gnome-session-selector – Selects a session to use with gnome-session SYNOPSIS gnome-session-selector [session] DESCRIPTION gnome-session-selector can be used from a xsession desktop file to select a session before gnome-session is run. gnome-session reads and stores its session in the $XDG_DATA_HOME/gnome-session/saved-session directory. gnome-session-selector works by replacing the saved-session directory by a symlink to another directory. Since…
NAME gnome-session-save – Saves or ends the current GNOME session SYNOPSIS gnome-session-save [–logout] [–force-logout] [–logout-dialog] [–shutdown-dialog] [–gui] [–kill [–silent]] DESCRIPTION gnome-session-save can be used from a GNOME session to save a snapshot of the currently running applications. This session will be later restored at your next GNOME session. The –gui option will report errors in…
NAME gnome-session-remmina – GNOME Shell session script for Remmina DESCRIPTION gnome-session-remmina This script is part of the Remmina kiosk mode. If you have a freedesktop compliant Login Manager, a Remmina kiosk mode will be added in the list of available sessions. SEE ALSO remmina(1) AUTHORS An Antenore Gatta Aq Mt antenore [at] simbiosi.org Index
NAME gnome-session-quit – End the current GNOME session SYNOPSIS gnome-session-quit [–logout|–power-off|–reboot] [–force] [–no-prompt] DESCRIPTION The gnome-session-quit program can be used to end a GNOME session. OPTIONS The following options are supported: –logout Prompt the user to confirm logout. This is the default behavior. –power-off Prompt the user to confirm system power off. –reboot Prompt the…
NAME gnome-session-properties – Configure applications to start on login SYNOPSIS gnome-session-properties DESCRIPTION The gnome-session-properties program enables the users to configure what applications should be started on login, in addition to the default startup applications configured on the system. It also proposes an interface to save a snapshot of the currently running applications so that they…
NAME gnome-session-inhibit – inhibit gnome-session functionality SYNOPSIS gnome-session-inhibit [OPTION…] [COMMAND] DESCRIPTION gnome-session-inhibit can inhibit certain gnome-session functionality while executing the given COMMAND. To achieve this, it calls the Inhibit() method of the gnome-session D-Bus API and creates an inhibitor. The inhibitor is automatically removed when gnome-session-inhibit exits. A typical use case is to prevent the…
NAME gnome-session – Start the GNOME desktop environment SYNOPSIS gnome-session [-a|–autostart=DIR] [–session=SESSION] [–failsafe|-f] [–debug] [–whale] DESCRIPTION The gnome-session program starts up the GNOME desktop environment. This command is typically executed by your login manager (either gdm, xdm, or from your X startup scripts). It will load either your saved session, or it will provide a…