man firefox (Commandes) - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser
NAME
firefox - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser
SYNOPSIS
firefox [OPTIONS] [URL]
/usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin [OPTIONS] [URL]
DESCRIPTION
Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.
USAGE
firefox is a simple shell script that will set up the environment for the actual executable, firefox-bin. If there is a Firefox browser already running, firefox will arrange for it to create a new browser window; otherwise it will start the Firefox application.
OPTIONS
A summary of the options supported by irefox is included below.
GTK options
--gdk-debug=FLAGS Gdk debugging flags to set
- --gdk-no-debug=FLAGS
- Gdk debugging flags to unset
- --gtk-debug=FLAGS
- Gtk+ debugging flags to set
- --gtk-no-debug=FLAGS
- Gtk+ debugging flags to unset
- --gtk-module=MODULE
- Load an additional Gtk module
X11 options
- --display=DISPLAY
- X display to use
- --sync
- Make X calls synchronous
- --no-xshm
- Don't use X shared memory extension
- --xim-preedit=STYLE
- --xim-status=STYLE
- --g-fatal-warnings
- Make all warnings fatal
Mozilla options
- -height value
- Set height of startup window to value pixels.
- -h, -help
- Show summary of options.
- -installer
- Start with Mozilla 4.x migration window.
- -width value
- Set width of startup window to value pixels.
- -v, -version
- Print Firefox version.
- -a application-id
- Check for a running Firefox started with the specified application-id. When firefox is invoked for the first time with a particular application-id, a new Firefox application is started; subsequent invocations of firefox with the same application-id will cause the already-running Firefox to bring up a new window.
The default is -a firefox.
- -CreateProfile profile
- Create profile. Implies -a firefox--profile, or -a default if profile is default.
- -P profile
- Start with profile. Implies -a firefox--profile, or -a default if profile is default.
- -ProfileManager
- Start with profile manager. Implies -a with a fresh unique application-id.
- -UILocale locale
- Start with locale resources as User Interface locale. By default, it is guessed from environment and available locales for Firefox.
- -ContentLocale locale
- Start with locale resources as content locale. By default, it is guessed from environment and available locales for Firefox.
- -new-window URL
- Open URL in a new window in an already running Firefox process. -new-tab URL Open URL in a new tab in an already running Firefox process.
- -jsconsole
- Start with Javascript Console
- -chrome url
- Load the specified chrome.
- -safe-mode
- Starts Firefox in safe mode, that is disabling all extensions and showing a bit more debugging messages.
Debugger options
- -g, -debug
- Starts Firefox through a debugger (gdb by default).
- --debugger program
- Use program as a debugger for Firefox. Implies -debug.
ENVIRONMENT
FIREFOX_DSP - 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.
FILES
/usr/bin/mozilla-firefox - shell script wrapping
firefox-bin
/usr/lib/mozilla/firefox-bin - firefox
executable
/etc/firefox/firefoxrc - file containing environment
variables to be passed to Mozilla Firefox.
${HOME}/.mozilla/firefox/rc - file containing environment variables to be passed to Mozilla Firefox. Overrides /etc/firefox/firefoxrc
BUGS
To report a bug, please visit http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
- The Mozilla Organization
- http://www.mozilla.org/about.html