Section 1: user commands and tools
NAME matho-primes – generate consecutive prime numbers SYNOPSIS matho-primes [start [stop]] ["twin"] ["pal" [base]] matho-primes [-t] [-p base] [start [stop]] DESCRIPTION This command line utility is optionally part of the mathomatic(1) package. It quickly computes any number of consecutive prime numbers using a windowing, memory efficient sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm, dumping them to standard output….
NAME matho-pascal – display Pascal’s triangle SYNOPSIS matho-pascal [number-of-lines] DESCRIPTION This command line utility is optionally part of the mathomatic(1) package. It calculates up to 1000 lines of Pascal’s triangle, dumping them to standard output. The default is to center one screen full. Every number inside Pascal’s triangle is the sum of the two numbers…
NAME matho-mult – multiply integers SYNOPSIS matho-mult [integers] DESCRIPTION This command line utility is optionally part of the mathomatic(1) package. It uses Python to multiply many large integers separated by spaces or newlines. The size of the integers is only limited by the available memory of the computer. The integers to multiply may be specified…
NAME math – Perform mathematics calculations Synopsis math EXPRESSION Description math is used to perform mathematical calculations. It is only a very thin wrapper for the bc program, that makes it possible to specify an expression from the command line without using non-standard extensions or a pipeline. Simply use a command like math 1+1. For…
NAME mateweather – Weather Applet for the MATE panel. SYNOPSIS mateweather [ –activate-goad-server [=GOAD_ID] ] DESCRIPTION mateweather displays the current temperature and weather conditions in numeric and iconified form inside the applet. To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose Applets->Utility->MATE Weather OPTIONS –activate-goad-server (Internal use only) GOAD server ID…
NAME matedialog – display GTK+ dialogs SYNOPSIS matedialog [options] DESCRIPTION matedialog is a program that will display GTK+ dialogs, and return (either in the return code, or on standard output) the users input. This allows you to present information, and ask for information from the user, from all manner of shell scripts. For example, matedialog…
NAME mateconftool-2 – MATE configuration tool SYNOPSIS mateconftool-2 [-?] [-?|–help] [–usage] [-s|–set] [-g|–get] [–set-schema] [-u|–unset] [–recursive-unset] [-a|–all-entries] [–all-dirs] [–dump] [–load=STRING] [-R|–recursive-list] [–dir-exists=STRING] [–shutdown] [-p|–ping] [–spawn] [-t|–type int|bool|float|string|list|pair] [-T|–get-type] [–get-list-size] [–get-list-element] [–list-type=int|bool|float|string] [–car-type=int|bool|float|string] [–cdr-type=int|bool|float|string] [–short-desc=DESCRIPTION] [–long-desc=DESCRIPTION] [–owner=OWNER] [–install-schema-file=FILENAME] [–config-source=SOURCE] [–direct] [–makefile-install-rule] [–makefile-uninstall-rule] [–break-key] [–break-directory] [–short-docs] [–long-docs] [–get-schema-name] [–apply-schema] [–unapply-schema] [–get-default-source] [-v|–version] DESCRIPTION Each preference in the…
NAME mateconf-gsettings-schema-convert – MateConf to GSettings schema conversion SYNOPSIS mateconf-gsettings-schema-convert [option…] {file} DESCRIPTION mateconf-gsettings-schema-convert converts between MateConf and GSettings schema file formats. Note that the conversion is not expected to be fully automated. You are expected to verify and edit the result of the conversion. Note that GSettings schemas need to be converted into binary…
NAME mateconf-gsettings-data-convert – MateConf to GSettings data migration SYNOPSIS mateconf-gsettings-data-convert [option…] DESCRIPTION mateconf-gsettings-data-convert reads values out of the users MateConf database and stores them in GSettings. The information about the mapping from MateConf keys to GSettings keys is taken from files in /usr/share/MateConf/gsettings. Each file in that directory is read as a key file, with…
NAME mateconf-editor – an editor for the MateConf configuration system SYNOPSIS mateconf-editor DESCRIPTION MateConf-Editor is a tool used for editing the MateConf configuration database. It might be useful when the proper configuration utility for some software provides no way of changing some option. USAGE The main window consists of a tree showing the MateConf configuration…
NAME matecomponent-activation-server – MATE component tracker DESCRIPTION This application tracks information about installed components and brokers components, in conjunction with its client library; libmatecomponent-activation. It reads the component descriptions from ${prefix}/lib/matecomponent/servers/*.server. These files provide an XML description of a components capabilities which can be queried and manipulated by clients from the client library. MateComponent-activation-server also…
NAME mate-wm – Start the window manager configured by the user SYNOPSIS mate-wm [–default-wm=WINDOWMANAGER] [–sm-client-id=ID] DESCRIPTION The mate-wm program starts the window manager configured by the user. If the user has not chosen a window manager it will launch a MATE compliant window manager. USAGE The user can define his preferred window manager with the…
NAME mate-window-properties – configure MATE network proxy SYNOPSIS mate-window-properties [OPTIONS…] DESCRIPTION This executable is part of the package ‘mate-control-center’: The MATE Control Center. The MATE window preference tool enables you to customize window behaviour such as focus behaviour, titlebar actions, compositing, etc. for your desktop. OPTIONS This program accepts the standard MATE and GTK options….
NAME mate-volume-control – The MATE Volume Control application SYNOPSIS mate-volume-control [OPTIONS] DESCRIPTION The MATE Volume Control application is an audio mixer that enables you to mix audio and adjust volume levels of various audio mixer devices on your system. OPTIONS -b, –backend=pulse|alsa|oss|null Launch mate-volume-control with the selected sound system backend. -d, –debug Enable debugging code….
NAME mate-volume-control-applet – The MATE Volume Control Applet SYNOPSIS mate-volume-control [OPTIONS] DESCRIPTION The MATE Volume Control Applet is used for adjusting audio levels from the notification area. OPTIONS -v, –version Output version information and exit. -d, –debug Enable debugging code. –display=DISPLAY X display to use. -?, -h, –help Print standard command line options. –help-all Print…
NAME mate-typing-monitor – configure MATE network proxy SYNOPSIS mate-typing-monitor [OPTIONS…] DESCRIPTION This executable is part of the package ‘mate-control-center’: The MATE Control Center. If you use too much computer you may be risking your health. Use this tool for reminding yourself to take little (typing) breaks in regular intervals. During the break, you can: o…
NAME mate-thumbnail-font – configure MATE network proxy SYNOPSIS mate-thumbnail-font [-h|-t <TEXT> -s <SIZE>] <FONT_FILE> <OUTPUT_FILE> DESCRIPTION This executable is part of the package ‘mate-control-center’: The MATE Control Center. mate-thumbnail-font is a command-line tool for creating thumbnails of PCF fonts. OPTIONS -h|–help Show some help text. -t <TEXT>, –text <TEXT> Text to thumbnail (default: Aa). -s…
NAME mate-terminal – manual page for MATE Terminal Emulator DESCRIPTION Usage: mate-terminal [OPTION…] Help Options: -h, –help Show help options –help-all Show all help options –help-terminal Show terminal options –help-window-options Show per-window options –help-terminal-options Show per-terminal options –help-gtk Show GTK+ Options –help-sm-client Show session management options Options to open new windows or terminal tabs; more…
NAME mate-system-monitor – view and control processes SYNOPSIS mate-system-monitor [OPTIONS] DESCRIPTION The mate-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 mate-system-monitor provides an overall view of the resource usage on your system, including memory and…
NAME mate-system-log – the MATE System Log Viewer SYNOPSIS mate-system-log or select System Log from the System Tools submenu of the Applications menu. DESCRIPTION MATE System Log Viewer is a simple utility to display system log files. AUTHOR The MATE System Log Viewer was written by Cesar Miquel <miquel [at] df.uba.ar>. This manual page was…