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<refmeta><refentrytitle>gnome-background-properties</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="date">2 Oct 2003</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>
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<indexterm><primary>gnome-background-properties</primary></indexterm><indexterm>
<primary>customize your desktop background</primary></indexterm><refnamediv
id="gnome-background-properties-1-name"><refname>gnome-background-properties</refname><refpurpose>
customize your desktop background</refpurpose></refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv id="gnome-background-properties-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>
<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command><arg><option role="nodash"><replaceable>
gnome-std-options</replaceable></option></arg>
</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id="gnome-background-properties-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>
<para>The Background preferences tool allows you to customize the desktop
background. The desktop background is the part of the desktop where there
are no interface graphical items, such as panels and windows. The desktop
background is always beneath the other interface items. </para>
<para>You can customize the desktop background in the following ways:<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Select an image to display on the desktop background. The
image is superimposed on the desktop background color. The desktop background
color is visible if you select a transparent image or if the image does not
cover the entire desktop background.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Select a color for the desktop background. You can select
a solid color, or create a gradient effect with two colors. A gradient effect
is a visual effect where one color blends gradually into another color.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist></para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="gnome-background-properties-1-opts"><title>&opts-tt;</title>
<para>The following options are supported:</para>
<variablelist termlength="medium"><varlistentry><term><option role="nodash"><replaceable>
gnome-std-options</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>Standard options
available for use with most GNOME applications. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>
gnome-std-options</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist></refsect1>
<refsect1 id="gnome-background-properties-1-exam"><title>&exam-tt;</title>
<example role="example"><title>Launching the background preference tool</title>
<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd;</userinput></screen></para>
</example>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="gnome-background-properties-1-exit"><title>&exit-tt;</title>
<para>The following exit values are returned:</para>
<variablelist termlength="xtranarrow"><varlistentry><term><returnvalue>0</returnvalue></term>
<listitem><para>Application exited successfully</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><returnvalue>>0</returnvalue></term><listitem><para>Application
exited with failure</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist></refsect1>
<refsect1 id="gnome-background-properties-1-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>
<para>The following files are used by this application:</para>
<variablelist termlength="wholeline"><varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename> 
</term><listitem><para>Executable for Background preferences tool</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist></refsect1>
<refsect1 id="gnome-background-properties-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>
<para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>
for descriptions of the following attributes:</para>
<informaltable frame="all">
<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">
<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">
<thead>
<row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center"
valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row><entry><para>Availability</para></entry><entry><para>gnome/preferences/control-center
</para></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry><entry
colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volatile</para></entry></row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="gnome-background-properties-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>
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<para><citetitle>Preference Tools Manual</citetitle></para>
<para>Latest version of the <citetitle>GNOME Desktop User Guide</citetitle> for your platform.</para>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-control-center</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-std-options</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="gnome-background-properties-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>
<para>Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems  Inc., 2003, 2006.</para>
</refsect1>
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