.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
[\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIURL\fR]

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBFirefox\fR is an open-source web browser, designed for
standards compliance, performance and portability.

.SH USAGE
If there is an Firefox browser already running, \fBfirefox\fR will
arrange for it to create a new browser window; otherwise it will start
a new instance.

.SH OPTIONS
A summary of the options supported by \fBfirefox\fR is included below.

.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
.B \-h, \-help
Show summary of options.
.TP
.B \-v, \-version
Print Firefox version.
.TP
\fB\-P\fR [\fIprofile\fR]
Start with \fIprofile\fR. When no profile is given, displays the Profile Manager. May require \fB\-no\-remote\fR, see below.
.TP
.B \-migration
Start with migration wizard. May require \fB\-no\-remote\fR, see below.
.TP
.B \-ProfileManager
Start with profile manager. May require \fB\-no\-remote\fR, see below.
.TP
.B \-no\-remote
Don't connect to a running Firefox instance. This option can be necessary
in conjunction to several of the options above, that won't have any effect
when an Firefox instance is running unless \fB\-no\-remote\fR is used at
the same time.
.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
.B \-safe\-mode
Starts Firefox in safe mode, i.e. disabling all extensions and
showing a bit more debugging messages.
.TP
.B \-jsconsole
Start with Javascript Console
.TP
\fB\-new-window\fR \fIURL\fR
Open \fIURL\fR in a new window in an already running Firefox process.
.TP
\fB\-new-tab\fR \fIURL\fR
Open \fIURL\fR in a new tab in an already running Firefox process.
.TP
\fB\-chrome\fR \fIurl\fR
Load the specified chrome.

.SH ENVIRONMENT
\fIMOZILLA_DISABLE_PLUGINS\fR - when set, totally disables loading browser plugins
(the ones that appear at the about:plugins url)

.SH FILES
\fI/usr/bin/firefox\fR - symbolic link to \fB/usr/lib/firefox/firefox\fR.
.br

\fI/usr/lib/firefox/firefox\fR - Firefox executable.

\fI/usr/lib/firefox/firefox\-bin\fR - Legacy executable.
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.SH BUGS
To report a bug, please visit \fIhttp://bugzilla.mozilla.org/\fR and/or report bugs
to the Debian Bug Tracking System, as usual.

.SH AUTHORS
.TP
.B The Mozilla Organization
.I http://www.mozilla.org/about.html