.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