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2000-12-19 Michael Natterer <mitch@gimp.org> * yes-i-patched-them-all-again ... Pre 1.2 Version 4
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>GIMP</A
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>GIMP</A
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> When you launch <SPAN
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<SPAN
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> in its default form without any
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images loaded. If you launch <SPAN
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> from
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a console, or edit the command used to launch it from the menu,
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you can pass several options to it. These are in the format:
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<B
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>gimp [options ... ] [files ... ]</B
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> Options</B
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>-h, --help</B
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> Displays a list of available options, and gives a terse
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description of each one.
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> Prints the version number of the installed
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>-b, --batch <commands></B
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> Runs <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>GIMP</SPAN
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> in batch
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(non-interactive) mode. Can someone explain how this
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works please!!
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>-g, --gimprc <gimprc></B
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> Use an alternative <TT
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> settings file) instead of the
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default which is usually located at
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<TT
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>~/gimp-1.2/gimprc</TT
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>. This is useful
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where plug-in paths or machine specifications may be different.
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>-n, --no-interface</B
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> Run without a user interface.
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>-r, --restore-session</B
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> Attempt to restore a saved session. This will start
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>--no-data</B
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> Start <SPAN
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> without loading
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patterns, gradients, palettes and brushes. This
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significantly reduces the startup time, and is often
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useful when using <SPAN
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non-interactive situations.
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>--verbose</B
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> Prints startup messages to the console, showing all the
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>--no-splash</B
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>--no-splash-image</B
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> Do not show the splash screen image as part of the splash
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screen. Only shows text information in the splash
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screen. The progress indicator is still visible. This
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decreases <SPAN
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>--no-shm</B
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> Do not use shared memory between
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> and its plug-ins. Instead
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of using shared memory, <SPAN
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will send data via pipe. This will result in slower
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performance than using shared memory.
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>--no-xshm</B
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> Do not use the X Shared Memory extension. If
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<SPAN
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> is being displayed on a
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remote X server, this probably needs to be enabled. It is
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also useful for any X server that doesn't properly support
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the X shared memory extension. This will result in slower
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performance than with X shared memory enabled.
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>--display <display></B
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> Use the specified X display.
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>--console-messages</B
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> Do not pop-up dialog boxes on errors or warning, print
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them to the console instead.
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>--debug-handlers</B
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> Enable debug handlers which turns on the stack trace prompt
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for all signals, not just fatal ones.
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>--system-gimprc <gimprc></B
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> Use an alternate system-wide gimprc file.
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