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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

SEE ALSO

gtk−options(7)

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 [AT] debian.org>. A first version was generated with the help of the help2man program. The program’s output was manually edited later.