MATE-SETTINGS-DAEMON(1)

💅 MATE-SETTINGS-DAEMON — the manual page, but make it cute

okay so bestie, you're reading the General Commands Manual entry for mate-settings-daemon, section 1 of the MATE manual set. pull up a chair 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

mate-settings-daemon — she handles the MATE session settings, and she does it flawlessly, no cap 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mate-settings-daemon [--debug] [--replace] [--display=DISPLAY]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so real talk: mate-settings-daemon is responsible for setting the various preference parameters of a MATE session — and not just the session itself, but the applications that run under it too. she's the one quietly making sure every preference you picked actually applies. main character energy, but behind the scenes. it's giving effortless 💖

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

Help options

• -?, --help — shows you this very help message, so you can stop guessing and start knowing ✨

Application options

• --debug — turns on the debugging code. she will now tell you everything she's doing 🙈
• --replace — replaces the daemon that's currently running. yes, like that. out with the old, in with her 💅
• --display=DISPLAY — the X display to use, bestie. tell her where to show up 🖥️

👑 AUTHOR 👑

mate-settings-daemon was written by Jonathan Blandford <jrb@redhat.com> and William Jon McCann <mccann@jhu.edu>. legends, honestly.

This manual page was originally written by Joshua Cummings <jrac@internode.on.net>.

This manual page was adopted for MATE by Vangelis Mouhtsis <vangelis@gnugr.org>. ty for your service 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie. nothing skipped, nothing summarised. every flag, every email, every vibe — all present and accounted for 💖

signing off from the General Commands Manual, dated June 25 2009 — yeah she's been iconic since '09 and she's still slaying. periodt. 🌈⭐🍓