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PAGINATOR(1)

NAME

paginator - X11 desktop pager

SYNOPSIS

paginator [-iw] [-c corner] [-g geometry] [-l layout] [-o orientation]

DESCRIPTION

paginator is a desktop pager for X11 that provides to the user a GUI interface to change the current desktop or the current window with mouse's button 1.

The options are as follows:

  • -c corner

    Specify the corner of the pager in which the first desktop should be placed. The argument for this option must be TL, TR, BL, or BR (top-left, top-right, bottom-left, or bottom-right, respectively). If not provided, the starting corner will be top-left.

  • -g geometry

    Specify a size for the pager window. The argument for this option must be a geometry specification recognized by XParseGeometry(1) If not provided, the window size will be computed from the pager layout, the number of desktops and the size of the screen.

  • -i

    Draw window icons on the pager.

  • -l layout

    Specify the layout of the pager. The argument for this option must be in the format NCOLS_x_NROWS, where NCOLS is the number of columns in the pager, and NROWS is the number of rows in the pager. If not specified, the number of columns will be 2, and the number of rows will be computed from the number of desktops.

  • -o orientation

    Specify the orientation of the desktops on the pager. The argument for this option must be H, or V (horizontal or vertical, respectively). If not provided, the starting corner will be horizontal.

  • -w

    Start in the withdrawn mode. This makes paginator work like a dockapp.

Paginator only works in cooperation with EWMH-compliant window managers. In particular, with window managers which set the _NET_CLIENT_LIST_STACKING and _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS properties.

RESOURCES

paginator understands the following X resources.

  • paginator.activeBackground

    The color of the background of the active window.

  • paginator.activeTopShadowColor

    The color of the top 3D shadow of the active window.

  • paginator.activeBottomShadowColor

    The color of the bottom 3D shadow of the active window.

  • paginator.background

    The color of the background of the desktops.

  • paginator.inactiveBackground

    The color of the background of inactive windows.

  • paginator.inactiveTopShadowColor

    The color of the top 3D shadow of inactive windows.

  • paginator.inactiveBottomShadowColor

    The color of the bottom 3D shadow of inactive windows.

  • paginator.orientation

    The orientation of the desktops on the pager. Its value must be Horizontal or Vertical.

  • paginator.numColumns

    The number of columns in the pager.

  • paginator.numRows

    The number of rows in the pager.

  • paginator.shadowThickness

    Thickness of the 3D shadow effect, in pixels.

  • paginator.selbackground

    The color of the background of the active desktop.

  • paginator.separator

    The color of the separator between desktops.

  • paginator.startingCorner

    Specify the corner of the pager in which the first desktop should be placed. The argument for this option must be TopLeft, TopRight, BotomLeft, or BotomRight.

ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variables affect the execution of paginator

  • DISPLAY

    The display to start paginator on.

SEE ALSO

X(1)

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