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.