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 application's help message.
--usage: Display a brief usage message.
--version: Show the application'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

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.

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