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gnome-options(7)


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.

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   --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@debian.org>.  A first
   version was generated with the  help  of  the  help2man  program.   The
   program's output was manually edited later.



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