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12 <refentry id="gnome-background-properties-1"> |
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14 <refmeta><refentrytitle>gnome-background-properties</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum> |
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15 <refmiscinfo class="date">2 Oct 2003</refmiscinfo> |
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16 <refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo> |
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17 <refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo> |
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18 <refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo> |
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19 <refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo> |
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20 </refmeta> |
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21 <indexterm><primary>gnome-background-properties</primary></indexterm><indexterm> |
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22 <primary>customize your desktop background</primary></indexterm><refnamediv |
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23 id="gnome-background-properties-1-name"><refname>gnome-background-properties</refname><refpurpose> |
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24 customize your desktop background</refpurpose></refnamediv> |
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25 <refsynopsisdiv id="gnome-background-properties-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title> |
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26 <cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command><arg><option role="nodash"><replaceable> |
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27 gnome-std-options</replaceable></option></arg> |
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28 </cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv> |
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29 <refsect1 id="gnome-background-properties-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title> |
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30 <para>The Background preferences tool allows you to customize the desktop |
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31 background. The desktop background is the part of the desktop where there |
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32 are no interface graphical items, such as panels and windows. The desktop |
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33 background is always beneath the other interface items. </para> |
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34 <para>You can customize the desktop background in the following ways:<itemizedlist> |
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35 <listitem><para>Select an image to display on the desktop background. The |
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36 image is superimposed on the desktop background color. The desktop background |
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37 color is visible if you select a transparent image or if the image does not |
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38 cover the entire desktop background.</para></listitem> |
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39 <listitem><para>Select a color for the desktop background. You can select |
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40 a solid color, or create a gradient effect with two colors. A gradient effect |
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41 is a visual effect where one color blends gradually into another color.</para> |
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42 </listitem> |
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43 </itemizedlist></para> |
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44 </refsect1> |
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45 <refsect1 id="gnome-background-properties-1-opts"><title>&opts-tt;</title> |
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46 <para>The following options are supported:</para> |
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47 <variablelist termlength="medium"><varlistentry><term><option role="nodash"><replaceable> |
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48 gnome-std-options</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>Standard options |
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49 available for use with most GNOME applications. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle> |
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50 gnome-std-options</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. |
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51 </para> |
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52 </listitem></varlistentry> |
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53 </variablelist></refsect1> |
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54 <refsect1 id="gnome-background-properties-1-exam"><title>&exam-tt;</title> |
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55 <example role="example"><title>Launching the background preference tool</title> |
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56 <para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd;</userinput></screen></para> |
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57 </example> |
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58 </refsect1> |
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59 <refsect1 id="gnome-background-properties-1-exit"><title>&exit-tt;</title> |
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60 <para>The following exit values are returned:</para> |
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61 <variablelist termlength="xtranarrow"><varlistentry><term><returnvalue>0</returnvalue></term> |
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62 <listitem><para>Application exited successfully</para> |
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63 </listitem></varlistentry> |
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64 <varlistentry><term><returnvalue>>0</returnvalue></term><listitem><para>Application |
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65 exited with failure</para> |
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66 </listitem></varlistentry> |
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67 </variablelist></refsect1> |
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68 <refsect1 id="gnome-background-properties-1-file"><title>&file-tt;</title> |
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69 <para>The following files are used by this application:</para> |
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70 <variablelist termlength="wholeline"><varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename> |
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71 </term><listitem><para>Executable for Background preferences tool</para> |
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72 </listitem></varlistentry> |
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73 </variablelist></refsect1> |
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74 <refsect1 id="gnome-background-properties-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title> |
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75 <para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry> |
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76 <refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink> |
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77 for descriptions of the following attributes:</para> |
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78 <informaltable frame="all"> |
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79 <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*"> |
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80 <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*"> |
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81 <thead> |
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82 <row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center" |
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83 valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row> |
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84 </thead> |
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85 <tbody> |
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86 <row><entry><para>Availability</para></entry><entry><para>SUNWgnome-desktop-prefs |
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87 </para></entry></row> |
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88 <row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry><entry |
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89 colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volatile</para></entry></row> |
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90 </tbody> |
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91 </tgroup> |
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92 </informaltable> |
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93 </refsect1> |
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94 <refsect1 id="gnome-background-properties-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title> |
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95 <!--Reference to another man page--> |
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96 <!--Reference to a Help manual--> |
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97 <!--Reference to a book.--> |
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98 <para><citetitle>Preference Tools Manual</citetitle></para> |
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99 <para>Latest version of the <citetitle>GNOME Desktop User Guide</citetitle> for your platform.</para> |
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100 <para> |
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101 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-control-center</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
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102 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-std-options</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
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103 </para> |
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104 </refsect1> |
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105 <refsect1 id="gnome-background-properties-1-note"><title>¬e-tt;</title> |
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106 <para>Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006.</para> |
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107 </refsect1> |
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108 </refentry> |
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