FIREFOX(ESR)firefox-esrFIREFOX(ESR)NAMEfirefox-esr - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser
SYNOPSISfirefox-esr [OPTIONS] [URL]
/usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr [OPTIONS] [URL]
DESCRIPTION
Firefox ESR is an open-source web browser, designed for standards com‐
pliance, performance and portability.
USAGE
If there is an Firefox ESR browser already running, firefox-esr will
arrange for it to create a new browser window; otherwise it will start
a new instance.
OPTIONS
A summary of the options supported by firefox-esr is included below.
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
Mozilla options
-h, -help
Show summary of options.
-v, -version
Print Firefox ESR version.
-P [profile]
Start with profile. When no profile is given, displays the Pro‐
file Manager. May require -no-remote, see below.
-migration
Start with migration wizard. May require -no-remote, see below.
-ProfileManager
Start with profile manager. May require -no-remote, see below.
-no-remote
Don't connect to a running Firefox ESR instance. This option can
be necessary in conjunction to several of the options above,
that won't have any effect when an Firefox ESR instance is run‐
ning unless -no-remote is used at the same time.
-UILocale locale
Start with locale resources as User Interface locale. By
default, it is guessed from environment and available locales
for Firefox ESR.
-safe-mode
Starts Firefox ESR in safe mode, i.e. disabling all extensions
and showing a bit more debugging messages.
-jsconsole
Start with Javascript Console
-new-window URL
Open URL in a new window in an already running Firefox ESR
process.
-new-tab URL
Open URL in a new tab in an already running Firefox ESR process.
-chrome url
Load the specified chrome.
ENVIRONMENT
MOZILLA_DISABLE_PLUGINS - when set, totally disables loading browser
plugins (the ones that appear at the about:plugins url)
FILES
/usr/bin/firefox-esr - symbolic link to /usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-
esr.
/usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr - Firefox ESR executable.
/usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-bin - Legacy executable.
BUGS
To report a bug, please visit http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ and/or
report bugs to the Debian Bug Tracking System, as usual.
AUTHORS
The Mozilla Organization
http://www.mozilla.org/about.html
November 4, 2004 1 FIREFOX(ESR)