The system tray is an area in which an application can display a small window.
It may be used to display status information or provide quick access to commands.
Normally tray icons are developed as part of an application.
ksystraycmd allows any application to be kept in the system tray.
OPTIONS
Arguments:
command
Command to execute
Options:
--window <regexp>
A regular expression matching the window title
If you do not specify one, then the very first window
to appear will be taken - not recommended.
--wid <int>
The window id of the target window
Specifies the id of the window to use. If the id starts with 0x
it is assumed to be in hex.
--hidden
Hide the window to the tray on startup
--startonshow
Wait until we are told to show the window before
executing the command
--tooltip <text>
Sets the initial tooltip for the tray icon
--keeprunning
Keep the tray icon even if the client exits. This option
has no effect unless startonshow is specified.
--ownicon
Use ksystraycmd's icon instead of window's icon in systray
(should be used with --icon to specify ksystraycmd icon)
--ontop
Try to keep the window above other windows
--quitonhide
Quit the client when we are told to hide the window.
This has no effect unless startonshow is specified and implies keeprunning.
Generic options:
--help
Show help about options
--help-qt
Show Qt specific options
--help-kde
Show KDE specific options
--help-all
Show all options
--author
Show author information
-v, --version
Show version information
--license
Show license information
--
End of options
Qt options:
--display <displayname>
Use the X-server display 'displayname'
--session <sessionId>
Restore the application for the given 'sessionId'
--cmap
Causes the application to install a private color
map on an 8-bit display
--ncols <count>
Limits the number of colors allocated in the color
cube on an 8-bit display, if the application is
using the QApplication::ManyColor color
specification
--nograb
tells Qt to never grab the mouse or the keyboard
--dograb
running under a debugger can cause an implicit
-nograb, use -dograb to override
--sync
switches to synchronous mode for debugging
--fn, --font <fontname>
defines the application font
--bg, --background <color>
sets the default background color and an
application palette (light and dark shades are
calculated)
--fg, --foreground <color>
sets the default foreground color
--btn, --button <color>
sets the default button color
--name <name>
sets the application name
--title <title>
sets the application title (caption)
--visual TrueColor
forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on
an 8-bit display
--inputstyle <inputstyle>
sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible
values are onthespot, overthespot, offthespot and
root
--im <XIM server>
set XIM server
--noxim
disable XIM
--reverse
mirrors the whole layout of widgets
KDE options:
--caption <caption>
Use 'caption' as name in the titlebar
--icon <icon>
Use 'icon' as the application icon
--miniicon <icon>
Use 'icon' as the icon in the titlebar
--config <filename>
Use alternative configuration file
--dcopserver <server>
Use the DCOP Server specified by 'server'
--nocrashhandler
Disable crash handler, to get core dumps
--waitforwm
Waits for a WM_NET compatible windowmanager
--style <style>
sets the application GUI style
--geometry <geometry>
sets the client geometry of the main widget - see man X for the argument format
Please use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs; do not mail the author directly.
This manual page was written by Holger Hartmann <Holger_Hartmann@gmx.de> for the Debian Project, but may be used by others. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
