kstart(1)
NAME
kstart - Utility to launch applications with special window properties
SYNOPSIS
kstart [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [options] command
DESCRIPTION
Utility to launch applications with special window properties.
OPTIONS
- Arguments:
- command
Command to execute
- Options:
- --window <regexp>
A regular expression matching the window title
- --windowclass <class>
A string matching the window class (WM_CLASS property) The window class can be found out by running (use either both parts separated by a space or only the right part). NOTE: If you specify neither window title nor window class, then the very first window to appear will be taken; omitting both options is NOT recommended.
- --desktop <number>
Desktop on which to make the window appear
- --currentdesktop
Make the window appear on the desktop that was active when starting the application
- --alldesktops
Make the window appear on all desktops
- --iconify
Iconify the window
- --maximize
Maximize the window
- --maximize-vertically
Maximize the window vertically
- --maximize-horizontally
Maximize the window horizontally
- --fullscreen
Show window fullscreen
- --type <type>
The window type: Normal, Desktop, Dock, Tool, Menu, Dialog, TopMenu or Override
- --activate
Jump to the window even if it is started on a different virtual desktop
- --ontop, --keepabove
Try to keep the window above other windows
- --onbottom, --keepbelow
Try to keep the window below other windows
- --skiptaskbar
The window does not get an entry in the taskbar
- --skippager
The window does not get an entry on the pager
- --tosystray
The window is sent to the system tray in Kicker
- Generic options:
- --help Show help about options
- --help-qt
Show Qt specific options
- --help-kde
Show KDE specific options
- --help-all
Show all options
- --author
Show author information
- -v, --version
Show version information
- --license
Show license information
- -- End of options
- Qt options:
- --display <displayname>
Use the X-server display 'displayname'
- --session <sessionId>
Restore the application for the given 'sessionId'
- --cmap Causes the application to install a private color map on an
8-bit display
- --ncols <count>
Limits the number of colors allocated in the color cube on an 8-bit display, if the application is using the QApplication::ManyColor color specification
- --nograb
tells Qt to never grab the mouse or the keyboard
- --dograb
running under a debugger can cause an implicit -nograb, use -dograb to override
- --sync switches to synchronous mode for debugging
- --fn, --font <fontname>
defines the application font
- --bg, --background <color>
sets the default background color and an application palette (light and dark shades are calculated)
- --fg, --foreground <color>
sets the default foreground color
- --btn, --button <color>
sets the default button color
- --name <name>
sets the application name
- --title <title>
sets the application title (caption)
- --visual TrueColor
forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on an 8-bit display
- --inputstyle <inputstyle>
sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible values are onthespot, overthespot, offthespot and root
- --im <XIM server>
set XIM server
- --noxim
disable XIM
- --reverse
mirrors the whole layout of widgets
- KDE options:
- --caption <caption>
Use 'caption' as name in the titlebar
- --icon <icon>
Use 'icon' as the application icon
- --miniicon <icon>
Use 'icon' as the icon in the titlebar
- --config <filename>
Use alternative configuration file
- --dcopserver <server>
Use the DCOP Server specified by 'server'
- --nocrashhandler
Disable crash handler, to get core dumps
- --waitforwm
Waits for a WM_NET compatible windowmanager
- --style <style>
sets the application GUI style
- --geometry <geometry>
sets the client geometry of the main widget - see man X for the argument format
AUTHORS
Matthias Ettrich <ettrich@kde.org>
David Faure <faure@kde.org>
Richard J. Moore <rich@kde.org>
Please use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs, do not mail the authors
directly.
This manual page was written by Holger Hartmann <Holger_Hartmann@gmx.de> for the Debian Project, but may be used by others. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under
the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later
version published by the Free Software Foundation.
- On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.