Commandline Reference for wlmaker

Commandline Reference

--start_xwayland : Optional: Whether to start XWayland. Disabled by default.
--config_file : Optional: Path to a configuration file. If not provided, wlmaker will scan default paths for a configuration file, or fall back to a built-in configuration.
--state_file : Optional: Path to a state file, with state of workspaces, dock and clips configured. If not provided, wlmaker will scan default paths for a state file, or fall back to a built-in default.
--style_file : Optional: Path to a style ("theme") file. If not provided, wlmaker will use a built-in default style.
--root_menu_file : Optional: Path to a file describing the root menu. If not provided, wlmaker will use a built-in definition for the root menu.
--log_level : Log level to apply. One of DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR.
    Enum values:
      DEBUG (0)
      INFO (1)
      WARNING (2)
      ERROR (3)
--height : Desired output height. Applies when running in windowed mode, and only if --width is set, too. Set to 0 for using the output's preferred dimensions.
--width : Desired output width. Applies when running in windowed mode, and only if --height is set, too. Set to 0 for using the output's preferred dimensions.

• --start_xwayland , --start_xwayland=true: Starts XWayland. Permits to run X11 client applications under wlmaker.

  --nostart_xwayland, --start_xwayland=false: Do not start XWayland.

• --config_file=<FILE>: Loads the Configuration file from <FILE>. Optional. If not provided, wlmaker will attempt to load the file from default locations, or fall back to use a compiled-in default.
• --state_file=<FILE>: Loads the State from <FILE>. Optional. If not provided, wlmaker will attempt to load the file from default locations, or fall back to use a compiled-in default.
• --style_file=<FILE>: Loads the Style from <FILE>. Optional. If not provided, wlmaker will attempt to load the file from default locations, or fall back to use a compiled-in default.
• --root_menu_file=<FILE>: Loads the contents of the root menu from <FILE>. If not provided, wlmaker will use a compiled-in default definition.
• --log_level=<LEVEL>: Optional, to adjust the log level. Logs are written to stderr. Use --log_level=DEBUG for most detailled output.
• --height=HHH, --width=WWW: Desired width and height for the output. Applies only when running in windowed mode (under X11 or Wayland). Both values must be provided to take effect.