gnome-appearance-properties(1) User Commands gnome-appearance-properties(1)NAMEgnome-appearance-properties - configure GNOME desktop appearance
SYNOPSISgnome-appearance-properties [--install-theme=file] [--show-page=page]
[gnome-std-options]
DESCRIPTION
The GNOME appearance preference tool enables you to select how your
GNOME desktop is themed. The theme controls the appearance of GNOME-
compliant application interface items. For example, the theme affects
the appearance of buttons, scrollbar, check boxes, and so on. This
preference tool can also be used to configure the background image,
fonts used by the desktop, how menus and toolbars behave, and what vis‐
ual effects are used.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-i, --install-theme=file Installs the specified theme file.
-p, --show-page=page Specify the page, or tab, to display.
The value can be: theme, background,
fonts, or interface,
gnome-std-options Standard options available for use with
most GNOME applications. See gnome-
std-options(5) for more information.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching the gnome-appearance-properties tool
example% gnome-appearance-propertiesEXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gnome-appearance-properties
Executable for gnome-appearance-properties.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │gnome/preferences/control-center │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│Interface stability │Volatile │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSO
Preference Tools Manual
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
gnome-control-center(1), attributes(5)gnome-std-options(5)NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems
Inc., 2003, 2007, 2009.
SunOS 5.11 19 Nov 2009 gnome-appearance-properties(1)