Configuration

Almost all xpra features can be configured from the command line or through xpra's configuration files. (some more obscure features can be configured using ​environment variables)

You can find some example configuration files here: ​sample /etc/xpra/ directory

The manual can be found online here: ​http://xpra.org/manual.html. It is also shipped with every binary installations.

The configuration files use the exact same format as the command line options documented in the manual, just without the "--" prefix.

Configuration Files Location

The exact location of the configuration files varies widely from platform to platform, and even from one version of the OS to another...

• for unix-like operating systems, the system configuration usually lives in /etc/xpra and the per-user settings can be placed in ~/.xpra - you can also run the xpra/platform/path.py script for more details
• on Mac OS X, we ship a command line tool found under Xpra.app/Contents/Helpers/Path_info which will show you the file locations you can also use - ~/.xpra, although this is deprecated
• on MS Windows, you can run the Path_info.exe tool found in the Xpra installation folder

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Do not edit the system defaults, as those will be overwritten whenever xpra is (re)installed. Use the per-user configuration files instead.