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.TH GIMP-REMOTE 1 "March 23 2004" "Version @GIMP_VERSION@" "GIMP Manual Pages"
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gimp\-remote - tells a running GIMP to open a (local or remote) image file.
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[\-h] [\-\-help] [-v] [\-\-version] [\-\-display \fIdisplay\fP]
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[\-e] [\-\-existing] [\-q] [\-\-query] [\-s] [\-\-no\-splash]
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\fIgimp-remote\fP is a small utility that tells a running GIMP to open
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one or more (local or remote) image files. It does so by searching
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for a GIMP toolbox on the active display. If it can find a GIMP
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toolbox, a synthetic drop event is created which makes GIMP think the
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files would have been dropped onto the toolbox. More than one filename
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or URL can be specified on the commandline.
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If no GIMP window is found, \fIgimp-remote\fP will start a new GIMP
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instance and ask it to load the specified images. If no filename or
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URL is given, \fIgimp-remote\fP will start a new GIMP. This behaviour
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can be altered using the command-line options described below.
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\fIgimp\-remote\fP accepts the following options:
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Display a list of all commandline options.
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Output the version info.
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.B \-\-display \fIdisplay\fP
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Use the designated X display.
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If no running GIMP instance is found, don't start a new one but exit.
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Check if GIMP is running and exit. A status code of 0 indicates that
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a GIMP toolbox window has been found on this display.
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.B \-s, \-\-no\-splash
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When starting GIMP, do not show the splash screen.
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.BI gimp\-remote\ http://www.gimp.org/images/wilber_the_gimp.png
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Loads the image from the GIMP website into a running GIMP or starts
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.BI gimp\-remote\ wilber.xcf\ wilma.xcf
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Loads the local files wilber.xcf and wilma.xcf into a running GIMP
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to get the default host and display number.
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Sven Neumann and Simon Budig.