lxpanel1
A lightweight gtk2-based panel for the lxde desktop.
Usage
lxpanel [options]
Overview
This manual page documents briefly the lxpanel command.
lxpanel is a program that provides a panel for the desktop, usually for LXDE. It is a lightweight GTK+ 2.x based desktop panel.
Features
• User-friendly application menu automatically generated from .desktop files on the system.
• Launcher bar (small icons clicked to launch apps)
• Task bar supporting ICCCM/EWMH `urgency' hint (Pidgin IM windows can flash on new incoming messages)
• Notification area (system tray)
• Digital clock
• Run dialog (type command to run, without opening a terminal )
• Net status icon plug-in (optional)
• Volume control plug-in (optional)
• lxpanelctl, an external controller lets you control lxpanel in other programs. For example, "lxpanelctl run" will show the Run dialog in lxpanel, and "lxpanelctl menu" will show the application menu. This is useful in key bindings provided by window managers.
Options
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.
-
-h --help -
Print help on the options.
-
-v --version -
Print the program version.
-
-p NAME, --profile NAME -
Set the profile to be loaded.
Files
~/.config/lxpanel/PROFILE/
config files directory, can be edited by preference dialog.
~/.config/lxpanel/PROFILE/gtkrc
optional GTK+ 2.0 RC file to alterate appearance, can be used to create custom panel style.
Releases
10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 4 times.
--help since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--profile since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--version since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-h since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-p since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-v since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).
--log until Debian 8 (Jessie).