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.TH FIREFOX 1 "November 4, 2004" firefox "Linux User's Manual"
.SH NAME
firefox - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B firefox
[\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIURL\fR]
.B /usr/lib/firefox/firefox\-bin
[\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIURL\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBFirefox\fR is an open-source web browser, designed for
standards compliance, performance and portability.
.SH USAGE
\fBfirefox\fR is a simple shell script that will set up the
environment for the actual executable, \fBfirefox\-bin\fR.
If there is a Firefox browser already running, \fBfirefox\fR will
arrange for it to create a new browser window; otherwise it will start
the Firefox application.
.SH OPTIONS
A summary of the options supported by \fBfirefox\fR is included below.
.SS "GTK options"
\fB\-\-gdk\-debug=\fR\fIFLAGS\fR
Gdk debugging flags to set
.TP
\fB\-\-gdk\-no\-debug=\fR\fIFLAGS\fR
Gdk debugging flags to unset
.TP
\fB\-\-gtk\-debug=\fR\fIFLAGS\fR
Gtk+ debugging flags to set
.TP
\fB\-\-gtk\-no\-debug=\fR\fIFLAGS\fR
Gtk+ debugging flags to unset
.TP
\fB\-\-gtk\-module=\fR\fIMODULE\fR
Load an additional Gtk module
.SS "X11 options"
.TP
.BI \-\-display= DISPLAY
X display to use
.TP
.B \-\-sync
Make X calls synchronous
.TP
.B \-\-no\-xshm
Don't use X shared memory extension
.TP
.BI \-\-xim\-preedit= STYLE
.TP
.BI \-\-xim\-status= STYLE
.TP
.B \-\-g\-fatal\-warnings
Make all warnings fatal
.SS "Mozilla options"
.TP
\fB\-height\fR \fIvalue\fR
Set height of startup window to \fIvalue\fR pixels.
.TP
.B \-h, \-help
Show summary of options.
.TP
.B \-installer
Start with Mozilla 4.x migration window.
.TP
\fB\-width\fR \fIvalue\fR
Set width of startup window to \fIvalue\fR pixels.
.TP
.B \-v, \-version
Print Firefox version.
.TP
.B \-no\-remote
Don't connect to a running firefox instance.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR \fIapplication\-id\fR
Check for a running Firefox started with the specified
\fIapplication\-id\fR. When \fBfirefox\fR is invoked for
the first time with a particular \fIapplication\-id\fR, a new Firefox
application is started; subsequent invocations of \fBfirefox\fR
with the same \fIapplication\-id\fR will cause the already-running
Firefox to bring up a new window.
The default is \fB\-a firefox\fR.
.TP
\fB\-CreateProfile\fR \fIprofile\fR
Create \fIprofile\fR.
Implies \fB\-a firefox\-\-\fR\fIprofile\fR, or \fB\-a default\fR
if \fIprofile\fR is \fBdefault\fR.
.TP
\fB\-P\fR \fIprofile\fR
Start with \fIprofile\fR.
Implies \fB\-a firefox\-\-\fR\fIprofile\fR, or \fB\-a default\fR
if \fIprofile\fR is \fBdefault\fR.
.TP
.B \-ProfileManager
Start with profile manager.
Implies \fB\-a\fR with a fresh unique \fIapplication\-id\fR.
.TP
\fB\-UILocale\fR \fIlocale\fR
Start with \fIlocale\fR resources as User Interface locale. By default, it is
guessed from environment and available locales for Firefox.
.TP
\fB\-contentLocale\fR \fIlocale\fR
Start with \fIlocale\fR resources as content locale. By default, it is
guessed from environment and available locales for Firefox.
.TP
\fB\-new-window\fR \fIURL\fR
Open \fIURL\fR in a new window in an already running Firefox process.
\fB\-new-tab\fR \fIURL\fR
Open \fIURL\fR in a new tab in an already running Firefox process.
.TP
.B \-jsconsole
Start with Javascript Console
.TP
\fB\-chrome\fR \fIurl\fR
Load the specified chrome.
.TP
.B \-safe\-mode
Starts Firefox in safe mode, that is disabling all extensions and
showing a bit more debugging messages.
.SS "Debugger options"
.TP
.B \-g, \-debug
Starts Firefox through a debugger (gdb by default).
.TP
\fB\-\-debugger\fR \fIprogram\fR
Use \fIprogram\fR as a debugger for Firefox. Implies \fB\-debug\fR.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
\fIFIREFOX_DSP\fR - configures the /dev/dsp wrapper to use. Accepted values
are "auto", "arts", "esd" or "none" (default). Do not use this
feature to select "auto" or "esd" as this will involve using "esddsp"
which is known to be buggy and to make Firefox unstable.
.SH FILES
\fI/usr/bin/firefox\fR - shell script wrapping
\fBfirefox\-bin\fR
.br
\fI/usr/lib/firefox/firefox\-bin\fR - \fBfirefox\fR
executable
.br
\fI/etc/firefox/firefoxrc\fR - file containing environment
variables to be passed to Firefox.
.br
\fI${HOME}/.mozilla/firefox/rc\fR - file containing environment variables to
be passed to Firefox. Overrides \fI/etc/firefox/firefoxrc\fR
.SH BUGS
To report a bug, please visit \fIhttp://bugzilla.mozilla.org/\fR
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR mozilla(1)
.SH AUTHORS
.TP
.B The Mozilla Organization
.I http://www.mozilla.org/about.html
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