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NAME

kstart − Utility to launch applications with special window properties

SYNOPSIS

kstart [Qt−options] [KDE−options] [options] command

DESCRIPTION

Utility to launch applications with special window properties.

OPTIONS

Arguments:
command

Command to execute

Options:
−−window <regexp>

A regular expression matching the window title

−−windowclass <class>

A string matching the window class (WM_CLASS property) The window class can be found out by running (use either both parts separated by a space or only the right part). NOTE: If you specify neither window title nor window class, then the very first window to appear will be taken; omitting both options is NOT recommended.

−−desktop <number>

Desktop on which to make the window appear

−−currentdesktop

Make the window appear on the desktop that was active when starting the application

−−alldesktops

Make the window appear on all desktops

−−iconify

Iconify the window

−−maximize

Maximize the window

−−maximize−vertically

Maximize the window vertically

−−maximize−horizontally

Maximize the window horizontally

−−fullscreen

Show window fullscreen

−−type <type>

The window type: Normal, Desktop, Dock, Tool, Menu, Dialog, TopMenu or Override

−−activate

Jump to the window even if it is started on a different virtual desktop

−−ontop, −−keepabove

Try to keep the window above other windows

−−onbottom, −−keepbelow

Try to keep the window below other windows

−−skiptaskbar

The window does not get an entry in the taskbar

−−skippager

The window does not get an entry on the pager

−−tosystray

The window is sent to the system tray in Kicker

Generic options:

−−help−qt

Show Qt specific options

−−help−kde

Show KDE specific options

−−help−all

Show all options

−−author

Show author information

−v, −−version

Show version information

−−license

Show license information

Qt options:
−−display <displayname>

Use the X-server display ’displayname’

−−session <sessionId>

Restore the application for the given ’sessionId’

−−ncols <count>

Limits the number of colors allocated in the color cube on an 8−bit display, if the application is using the QApplication::ManyColor color specification

−−nograb

tells Qt to never grab the mouse or the keyboard

−−dograb

running under a debugger can cause an implicit −nograb, use −dograb to override

−−fn, −−font <fontname>

defines the application font

−−bg, −−background <color>

sets the default background color and an application palette (light and dark shades are calculated)

−−fg, −−foreground <color>

sets the default foreground color

−−btn, −−button <color>

sets the default button color

−−name <name>

sets the application name

−−title <title>

sets the application title (caption)

−−visual TrueColor

forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on an 8−bit display

−−inputstyle <inputstyle>

sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible values are onthespot, overthespot, offthespot and root

−−im <XIM server>

set XIM server

−−noxim

disable XIM

−−reverse

mirrors the whole layout of widgets

KDE options:
−−caption <caption>

Use ’caption’ as name in the titlebar

−−icon <icon>

Use ’icon’ as the application icon

−−miniicon <icon>

Use ’icon’ as the icon in the titlebar

−−config <filename>

Use alternative configuration file

−−dcopserver <server>

Use the DCOP Server specified by ’server’

−−nocrashhandler

Disable crash handler, to get core dumps

−−waitforwm

Waits for a WM_NET compatible windowmanager

−−style <style>

sets the application GUI style

−−geometry <geometry>

sets the client geometry of the main widget - see man X for the argument format

AUTHORS

Matthias Ettrich <ettrich [AT] kde.org>
David Faure <faure [AT] kde.org>
Richard J. Moore <rich [AT] kde.org>

Please use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs, do not mail the authors directly.

This manual page was written by Holger Hartmann <Holger_Hartmann [AT] gmx.de> for the Debian Project, but may be used by others. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common−licenses/GPL.