gnome-options (7)

program [standard options] [specific options] arguments

This manual page describes the command line options, which are common to all Gnome applications.

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

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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.

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.