matchbox-remote(1)

matchbox-remote1

Communicate with matchbox-window-manager process

Usage

matchbox-remote [options]

Options

-t <matchbox theme name>

Switch Matchbox theme

-r

Output current Matchbox theme

-exit

Request Matchbox to exit

-next

Page to next window

-prev

Page to previous window

-desktop Toggle desktop visibility

-menu

Activate mb-applet-menu-launcher

-panel-toggle [panel id]

Toggle panel visibility

-input-toggle

Toggle input method (requires input manager)

-composite-toggle

Toggle compositing engine (if enabled)

-keys-reload

Reload keyboard shortcut configuration (if enabled)

-h

Output help

matchbox-remote

Overview

connects to a running matchbox-window-manager process to get information about its state or send it instructions.

matchbox-window-manager is a window manager for the X Window System running on non-desktop embedded platforms such as handhelds, set-top boxes, kiosks and anything else for which screen space, input mechanisms or system resources are limited.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 3.1–5.0
  2. 6.0–13

-composite-toggle since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); -input-toggle since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); -keys-reload since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); -menu since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

-mbmenu until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -panel-id until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -t until Debian 5.0 (Lenny).

Author

matchbox-remote was written by Matthew Allum <[email protected]>.

From matchbox-window-manager 1.2.2+git20200512-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.