labwc/docs/labwc.1.scd

labwc(1)

# NAME

labwc - a wayland stacking compositor

# SYNOPSIS

*labwc* [options...]

# DESCRIPTION

Labwc is a wlroots-based stacking compositor for wayland.

It is light-weight and independent with a focus on simply stacking windows
well and rendering some window decorations. Where practicable it uses clients
for wall-paper, panels, screenshots and so on.

The compositor will exit or reload its configuration upon receiving SIGTERM
and SIGHUP respectively.  For example:

```
kill -s <signal> $LABWC_PID
killall -s <signal> labwc
```

Each running instance of labwc sets the environment variable `LABWC_PID` to
its PID. This is useful for sending signals to a specific instance and is what
the `--exit` and `--reconfigure` options use.

# OPTIONS

*-c, --config* <config-file>
	Specify a config file with path

*-C, --config-dir* <config-directory>
	Specify a config directory

*-d, --debug*
	Enable full logging, including debug information

*-e, --exit*
	Exit the compositor

*-h, --help*
	Show help message and quit

*-m, --merge-config*
	Merge user config/theme files in all XDG Base Directories

*-r, --reconfigure*
	Reload the compositor configuration

*-s, --startup* <command>
	Run command on startup

*-v, --version*
	Show the version number and quit

*-V, --verbose*
	Enable more verbose logging

# SEE ALSO

labwc-config(5), labwc-theme(5), labwc-actions(5)