gnome-options

Section: Gnome User's Manual (7)
Updated: 2003-10-20
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NAME

gnome-options - Standard Command Line Options for GNOME 2 Programs  

SYNOPSIS

program [standard options] [specific options] arguments  

DESCRIPTION

This manual page describes the command line options, which are common to all Gnome applications.  

OPTIONS

 

Help options

-?, --help
Show the applications help message.
--usage
Display a brief usage message.
--version
Show the applications's version information.
 

Bonobo Activation support

--oaf-ior-fd=FD
File descriptor to print IOR on
--oaf-activate-iid=IID
IID to activate
--oaf-private
Prevent registering of server with OAF
 

GNOME library options

--disable-sound
Disable sound server usage
--enable-sound
Enable sound server usage
--espeaker=HOSTNAME:PORT
Host:port on which the esd sound server to use is running. This is useful if you simultaneously run programs on several machines.
 

GNOME GUI options

--disable-crash-dialog
Disable the crash dialog, which is normally shown when the application segfaults.
 

Session management options

--sm-client-id=ID
Specify session management ID. Only used by the session manager itself while restarting the application.
--sm-config-prefix=PREFIX
Specify prefix of saved configuration.
--sm-disable
Disable connection to session manager.
 

Other options

--load-modules=MODULE1,MODULE2,...
Dynamic modules to load
 

SEE ALSO

For most GNOME programs there will be additional command line options, which are specific to the program. These will be explained in the Application options section of the --help output and in the application's online help.  

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jochen Voss <voss@debian.org>. A first version was generated with the help of the help2man program. The program's output was manually edited later.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
Help options
Bonobo Activation support
GNOME library options
GNOME GUI options
Session management options
Other options
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR