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NAME
       nitrogen - X11 background previewer and setter

SYNOPSIS
       nitrogen [ OPTIONS ] DIRECTORY?

DESCRIPTION
       In normal working mode, provides an interface which displays all
       pictures in the given DIRECTORY.  From this interface, it is possible
       to set the X11 root pixmap either temporarily or set and store the
       picture, drawing mode, and X display for restoration later.  If no
       directory is specified, it uses the stored directories in your
       "library" (as of 1.5). See the Preferences dialog.

       When the --restore option is passed, nitrogen sets all backgrounds that
       it has a configuration for and exits immediatly, for use in an .xinitrc
       or .xsession file.

OPTIONS
       --no-recurse
              Do not recurse into subdirectories of DIRECTORY.

       --restore
              Restores previously saved pictures to the root displays.

       --sort=[option]
              Sorts the background list by the given option.  By default,
              items are sorted as they are found on the filesystem, giving a
              quasi-newest first sorting order.  Valid options are:

              alpha  Alphabetical order.

              ralpha Reverse alphabetical order.

              time   Modified time, ascending.

              rtime  Modified time, descending.

       --help A mystery option which saves the iguanas of Sweden.

FILES
       ~/.config/nitrogen/
              Holds the configuration for saved backgrounds.

BUGS
       There are probably plenty of them.  Report all bugs to Dave Foster
       <daf@minuslab.net>.

AUTHORS
       Dave Foster <daf@minuslab.net> Javeed Shaikh <syscrash2k@gmail.com>

AVAILABILITY
       Homepage - http://projects.l3ib.org/nitrogen/.  The git repository is
       at http://code.l3ib.org/nitrogen.git

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