1. NAME

gtk-options - Standard Command Line Options for GTK+ Programs

2. SYNOPSIS

"program " [ "standard options" "] [" "specific options" "] " arguments

3. DESCRIPTION

This manual page describes the command line options, which are common to all GTK+ based applications.

4. OPTIONS

4.1. GTK+ OPTIONS

  • --gtk-module=MODULE
        Load an additional Gtk module.
  • --gtk-debug=FLAGS
        A colon separated list of GTK+ debugging flags to set. Valid flags are objects , misc , signals , dnd , and plugsocket . The special value allenables all flags.
  • --gtk-no-debug=FLAGS
        GTK+ debugging flags to unset. Use this options to override the GTK_DEBUGenvironment variable.
  • --g-fatal-warnings
        Make all warnings fatal.

4.2. GDK OPTIONS

  • --display=DISPLAY
        Set the X display to use. Use this option to override the DISPLAYenvironment variable.
  • --screen=SCREEN
        X screen to use. Use this options to override the screen part of the DISPLAYenvironment variable (see the DISPLAY NAMESsection of the X (7x) manual page).
  • --sync
        Make X calls synchronous. This slows down the program considerably, but may be useful for debugging purposes.
  • --no-xshm
        Do not use the X server\'s XSHM shared memory extension. This slows down the program.
  • --name=NAME
        Program name as used by the window manager.
  • --class=CLASS
        Program class as used by the window manager. --gxid_host=HOST --gxid_port=PORT --xim-preedit
  • --xim-status
        Control the X input method.
  • --gdk-debug=FLAGS
        A colon-separated list of GDK debugging flags to set. This only works if your GDK library was compile with debugging support. Valid flags are events , misc , dnd , color-context , and xim . The special value allenables all valid flags.
  • --gdk-no-debug=FLAGS
        A colon-separated list of GDK debugging flags to unset. Use this options to override the GDK_DEBUGenvironment variable.

5. SEE ALSO

R X (7x), the GTK+ documentation, and the GDK documentation.

For most GTK+ programs there will be additional command line options, which are specific to the program. These will be explained in the application\'s documentation.

6. AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jochen Voss <>.