gnome-options(7) 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 <[email protected]>. A first version was generated with the help of the help2man program. The program's output was manually edited later.