dump_xsettings(1)

dump_xsettings1

Prints x11 application settings from an xsettings provider

Usage

dump_xsettings [options]

Overview

The XSETTINGS specification provides a method to notify X11 applications about changes to system settings. dump_xsettings prints an X screen's current settings using xsettingsd(1)'s configuration file format.

Options

-h, --help

Display a help message and exit.

-s, --screen=SCREEN

Use the X screen numbered SCREEN (default is 0).

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 8–9
  2. 10–13
  3. Arch

Bugs

https://codeberg.org/derat/xsettingsd/issues

Author

dump_xsettings was written by Daniel Erat <[email protected]>.

From xsettingsd 1.0.4-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.