matchbox-remote(1)

💖 matchbox-remote 💖

okay bestie, so this is the matchbox-remote page from the General Commands Manual — it's the lil bestie that talks to your window manager, and honestly? iconic. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

matchbox-remote — the way you communicate with the matchbox-window-manager process 🦋 like, you slide into its DMs and it actually replies.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

matchbox-remote [options]

just the command and whatever options you feel like, no cap.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

one bullet per flag, bestie, because we do not skip a single one:

• -t <matchbox theme name> — switch the Matchbox theme 🌈 drop a theme name in and watch the whole vibe change.
• -r — output the current Matchbox theme 👑 it just tells you what theme you're living in rn.
• -exit — request Matchbox to exit 💀 yeah. it's giving goodbye. it asks the window manager to shut down.
• -next — page to the next window ✨ next, next, next.
• -prev — page to the previous window 🎀 the go-back button of your dreams.
• -desktop — toggle desktop visibility 🌸 peekaboo but make it a desktop.
• -menu — activate mb-applet-menu-launcher 🍓 pop that menu launcher open.
• -panel-toggle [panel id] — toggle panel visibility 🫥 optional panel id if you're feeling specific about which panel you're hiding.
• -input-toggle — toggle input method (requires input manager) ⌨️ no input manager, no toggling, sorry bestie.
• -composite-toggle — toggle compositing engine (if enabled) 🌟 only does anything if compositing is actually enabled.
• -keys-reload — reload keyboard shortcut configuration (if enabled) 🔁 same deal, only if it's enabled.
• -h — output help 💜 when you're lost, she's there.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

matchbox-remote connects to a running matchbox-window-manager process to get information about its state or send it instructions. so like… it's the group chat between you and your WM. you ask questions, it answers. you give orders, it obeys. main character energy fr fr 💖

matchbox-window-manager is a window manager for the X Window System running on non-desktop embedded platforms — think handhelds, set-top boxes, kiosks, and literally anything else where screen space, input mechanisms or system resources are limited. tiny screens, big dreams 🧚✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

matchbox-remote was written by Matthew Allum <mallum@o-hand.com> — shoutout to the legend who made this whole thing happen 💐

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one's from the General Commands Manual, dated Jul 16 2004 — vintage but still serving 💅 go forth and remote your matchbox, iykyk 🎀✨