startlxqtlabwc.1

.TH STARTLXQT 1 2015-11-03 "LXQt 0.10.0" "LXQt session management"
.SH NAME
startlxqtlabwc \- scripts to initialize and launch LXQt Wayland sessions
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B startlxqt
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBstartlxqtlabwc\fR is a shell scripts meant to initialize and launch a LXQt Wayland session using labwc as compositor.
It is as such similar to counterparts of other desktop environments like startlxde in
LXDE 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.
.SH FILES
.I $XDG_DATA_DIRS/wayland-session/lxqt-labwc.desktop
.RS 5
Desktop entry file stating startlxqtlabwc as binary needed to start LXQt Wayland sessions. Sourced e. g.
by display managers.
.RE
.SH BUGS
None at the time of this writing. Bugs can be reported on https://github.com/lxqt/stefonarch/lxqt-labwc-session/>issues.
.SH EXAMPLE
To start an LXQt Wayland session from a virtual terminal (virtual console) add a line
.P
.RS 5
exec startlxqtlabwc
.RE
.P
Display managers are making use of scripts like \fBstartlxqtlabwc\fR automatically. Information about
available wayland desktop environments is provided by files \fI$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