| <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>xdg-settings</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" title="xdg-settings"><a name="xdg-settings"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>xdg-settings — get various settings from the desktop environment</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="Synopsis"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">xdg-settings</code> { <code class="option"><em class="replaceable"><code>get</code></em></code> | <code class="option"><em class="replaceable"><code>check</code></em></code> | <code class="option"><em class="replaceable"><code>set</code></em></code> } {<code class="option">property</code>} [<code class="option">value</code>]</p></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">xdg-settings</code> { <code class="option">--help</code> | <code class="option">--list</code> | <code class="option">--manual</code> | <code class="option">--version</code> }</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="Description"><a name="description"></a><h2>Description</h2><p> | |
| xdg-settings gets various settings from the desktop environment. | |
| For instance, desktop environments often provide proxy configuration | |
| and default web browser settings. Using xdg-settings these parameters | |
| can be extracted for use by applications that do not use the desktop | |
| environment's libraries (which would use the settings natively). | |
| </p><p> | |
| xdg-settings is for use inside a desktop session only. | |
| It is not recommended to use xdg-settings as root. | |
| </p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Options"><a name="options"></a><h2>Options</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd> | |
| Show command synopsis. | |
| </dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--list</code></span></dt><dd> | |
| List all properties xdg-settings knows about. | |
| </dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--manual</code></span></dt><dd> | |
| Show this manualpage. | |
| </dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd> | |
| Show the xdg-utils version information. | |
| </dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="Exit Codes"><a name="exitcodes"></a><h2>Exit Codes</h2><p> | |
| An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non-zero exit code | |
| indicates failure. The following failure codes can be returned: | |
| </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">1</code></span></dt><dd> | |
| Error in command line syntax. | |
| </dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">2</code></span></dt><dd> | |
| One of the files passed on the command line did not exist. | |
| </dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">3</code></span></dt><dd> | |
| A required tool could not be found. | |
| </dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">4</code></span></dt><dd> | |
| The action failed. | |
| </dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="Examples"><a name="examples"></a><h2>Examples</h2><p> | |
| Get the desktop file name of the current default web browser | |
| </p><pre class="programlisting"> | |
| xdg-settings get default-web-browser | |
| </pre><p> | |
| </p><p> | |
| Check whether the default web browser is firefox.desktop, which can be | |
| false even if "get default-web-browser" says that is the current value | |
| (if only some of the underlying settings actually reflect that value) | |
| </p><pre class="programlisting"> | |
| xdg-settings check default-web-browser firefox.desktop | |
| </pre><p> | |
| </p><p> | |
| Set the default web browser to google-chrome.desktop | |
| </p><pre class="programlisting"> | |
| xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop | |
| </pre><p> | |
| </p></div></div></body></html> |