startlxqtkwin.1

.TH STARTLXQT 1 2015-11-03 "LXQt 0.10.0" "LXQt session management"
.SH NAME
startlxqtkwin \- scripts to initialize and launch LXQt Wayland sessions
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B startlxqt
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBstartlxqtkwin\fR is a shell scripts meant to initialize and launch a LXQt Wayland session using kwin_wayland as compositor.
It is as such similar to counterparts of other desktop environments like startlxqt in
LXQt or startkde in KDE.
.P
It's main tasks are exporting environment variables, partly after performing
corresponding checks, launching \fBa compositor\fR, which will launch the LXQt session manager.
It launches also a basic settingsimporter for keyboard layout and screen settings.
.SH FILES
.I $XDG_DATA_DIRS/wayland-session/lxqt-kwin.desktop
.RS 5
Desktop entry file stating startlxqtkwin as binary needed to start LXQt Wayland sessions. Sourced e. g.
by display managers.
.RE
.SH BUGS
Bugs can be reported on https://github.com/lxqt/stefonarch/lxqt-kwin-session/>issues.
.SH EXAMPLE
To start an LXQt Wayland session from a virtual terminal (virtual console) add a line
.P
.RS 5
exec startlxqtkwin
.RE
.P
Display managers are making use of scripts like \fBstartlxqtkwin\fR automatically. Information about
available wayland desktop environments is provided by files \fI$XDG_DATA_DIRS/wayland-sessions/*.desktop\fR,
.br
File \fIlxqt.desktop\fR provided by LXQt is stating \fBstartlxqt\fR in key \fIExec\fR while making sure the session
manager \fBlxqt-session\fR does exist by stating it in key \fITryExec\fR.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lxqt-session (1)
.BR startx (1)
.BR sddm (1)
.P
.B https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/desktop-entry-spec/
.RS 5
Desktop Entry Specification defining desktop entry files (*.desktop).
.RE