.TH FIREFOX 1 "January 04, 2006" 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]

.SH DESCRIPTION

\fBMozilla Firefox\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.

.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 "Firefox options"

.TP

.B \-h, \-help

Show summary of options.

.TP

\fB\-height\fR \fIvalue\fR

Set height of startup window to \fIvalue\fR.

.TP

\fB\-width\fR \fIvalue\fR

Set width of startup window to \fIvalue\fR.

.TP

.B \-v, \-version

Print \fB/usr/bin/firefox-bin\fR version.

.TP

\fB\-CreateProfile\fR \fIprofile\fR

Create \fIprofile\fR.

.TP

\fB\-P\fR \fIprofile\fR

Start with \fIprofile\fR.

.TP

.B \-ProfileManager

Start with profile manager.

.TP

\fB\-UILocale\fR \fIlang-region\fR

Start with \fIlang-region\fR resources.

.TP

\fB\-contentLocale\fR \fIlang-region\fR

Start with \fIlang-region\fR resources.

.TP

\fB\-remote\fR \fIcommand\fR

Execute \fIcommand\fR in an already running Firefox process.  For more info,

see: \fIhttp://www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html\fR

.TP

.B \-no-remote

Don't try to control an already running instance.

.TP

.B \-jsconsole

Start with Javascript Console

.TP

\fB\-chrome\fR \fIurl\fR

Load the specified chrome.

.TP

\fB\-new-window\fR \fIurl\fR

Open URL in a new window if Firefox is already running.

.TP

\fB\-new-tab\fR \fIurl\fR

Open URL in a new tab if Firefox is already running.

.TP

\fB\-preferences\fR

Open Firefox preferences menu.

.TP

.B \-safe-mode

Disables extensions and themes for this session.

.TP

.SH FILES

\fI/usr/bin/firefox\fR - shell script wrapping

\fBfirefox\fR

.br

\fI/usr/lib/firefox/firefox\fR - \fBfirefox\fR

executable

.SH VERSION

3.0

.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