.TH unity "1" "09 August 2014" "" "Linux User's Manual"

.SH NAME
unity \- wrapper for starting the unity shell and handling fallback

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B unity
.RI [ options ]
.br

.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBunity\fP program can be used to start the Unity shell as a compiz module, and to specify how to handle logging, debugging, as well as how to deal with the user's profile.

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BR \-\-advanced\-debug
Runs unity under debugging (using \fBgdb\fR or another debugger tool) to help tracking issues. Should only be used on request from a developer following a bug report.

.TP
.BR "-\-compiz-path \fICOMPIZ_PATH\fR"
Runs the compositor from a non-standard location.

.TP
.BR \-\-debug
Runs Unity under
.B gdb
and prints a stack trace on crash.

.TP
.BR \-h ", " \-\-help
Prints a usage message and exits.

.TP
.BR "\-\-log \fIfilename\fR"
This parameter, followed by a path or filename, tells the Unity shell to store logs in the specified file.

.TP
.BR \-\-replace
Deprecated option for backwards compatibility.  Has no effect.

.TP
.BR \-\-reset\-icons
Resets the default Launcher icons.

.TP
.BR \-v ", " \-\-version
Shows the program version number and exits.

.TP
.BR \-\-verbose

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.B unity-panel-service
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