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.TH FIREFOX 1 "August 07, 2001" 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 firefox-bin
[\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, \fBfirefox-bin\fR.

.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
.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\-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 \-jsconsole
Start with Javascript Console
.TP
\fB\-chrome\fR \fIurl\fR
Load the specified chrome.
.TP
\fB\-no\-remote\fR
Don't connect to any other running instances of \fBfirefox\fR. Use this if you want to run \fBfirefox\fR
in an entirely new process. By default, \fBfirefox\fR will delegate a command to an already running instance.
.TP
\fB\-safe\-mode\fR
Start \fBfirefox\fR in safe-mode. This disables all third-party extensions, and may be necessary if
you are having problems with an extension you installed.
.TP
\fB\-new\-tab\fR \fIurl\fR
Open \fIurl\fR in a new tab.
.TP
\fB\-new\-window\fR \fIurl\fR
Open \fIurl\fR in a new window.
.TP
\fB\-preferences\fR
Open the preferences dialog.
.TP
\fB\-private\fR
Start \fBfirefox\fR in private browsing mode.
.TP
\fB\-private\-toggle\fR
Toggle private browsing mode.
.TP
\fB\-setDefaultBrowser\fR
Set \fBfirefox\fR as the default web browser.
.TP
\fB\-search\fR \fIterm\fR
Search for \fIterm\fR with your default search engine.
.TP
\fB\-migration\fR
Start with migration wizard.
.TP
\fB\-new-instance\fR
Open new instance, not a new window in running instance.

.SH FILES
\fI/usr/bin/firefox\fR - shell script wrapping
\fBfirefox\fR
.br
\fI/usr/lib/mozilla/firefox-bin\fR - \fBfirefox\fR
executable

.SH VERSION
1.0

.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