FIREFOX(1)

NAME
firefox - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser

SYNOPSIS
firefox [OPTIONS] [URL] firefox-bin [OPTIONS] [URL]

DESCRIPTION
Mozilla 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.

OPTIONS
A summary of the options supported by firefox 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

  Firefox options

-h, -help
    Show summary of options.

-v, -version
    Print /usr/bin/firefox-bin version.

-CreateProfile profile
    Create profile.

-P profile
    Start with profile.

-ProfileManager
    Start with profile manager.

-remote command
    Execute command in an already running Firefox process. For more info, see: http://www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html

-jsconsole
    Start with Javascript Console

-chrome url
    Load the specified chrome.

-no-remote
    Don't connect to any other running instances of firefox. Use this if you want to run firefox in an entirely new process. By default, firefox will delegate a command to an already running instance.

-safe-mode
    Start firefox in safe-mode. This disables all third-party extensions, and may be necessary if you are having problems with an extension you installed.

-new-tab url
    Open url in a new tab.

-new-window url
    Open url in a new window.

-preferences
    Open the preferences dialog.

-private
    Start firefox in private browsing mode.

-private-toggle
    Toggle private browsing mode.

-setDefaultBrowser
    Set firefox as the default web browser.

-search term
    Search for term with your default search engine.

-migration
    Start with migration wizard.

-new-instance
    Open new instance, not a new window in running instance.

FILES
/usr/bin/firefox - shell script wrapping firefox
/usr/lib/mozilla/firefox-bin - firefox executable

VERSION
1.0

BUGS
To report a bug, please visit http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/

SEE ALSO
mozilla(1)

AUTHORS

The Mozilla Organization
    http://www.mozilla.org/about.html