1ICECAT(1)                     Linux User's Manual                    ICECAT(1)
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NAME

6       IceCat - GNU version of Firefox browser
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SYNOPSIS

10       icecat [OPTIONS ...] [URL]
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12       icecat-bin [OPTIONS] [URL]
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DESCRIPTION

16       Gnuzilla  IceCat  is an open-source web browser, designed for standards
17       compliance, performance and portability.
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19       GNUzilla is the GNU version of the Mozilla suite, and GNU IceCat is the
20       GNU  version  of  the Firefox browser. Its main advantage is an ethical
21       one: it is entirely free software. While the Firefox source  code  from
22       the  Mozilla  project  is  free software, they distribute and recommend
23       non-free software as plug-ins and addons.
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25       In addition, GNU IceCat  includes  some  privacy  protection  features,
26       included in a separate addon:
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28       Some  sites  refer  to zero-size images on other hosts to keep track of
29       cookies. When IceCat detects this mechanism it blocks cookies from  the
30       site  hosting  the zero-length image file. (It is possible to re-enable
31       such a site by removing it from the blocked hosts list.)   Other  sites
32       rewrite  the  host  name in links redirecting the user to another site,
33       mainly to "spy" on clicks. When this behavior is detected, IceCat shows
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36       Origin of the name
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38       The  name  IceCat  was  coined  to show our relationship to the Mozilla
39       Firefox browser. Ice isn't Fire and a Cat isn't a Fox, so it is clearly
40       a different package (we don't want Mozilla blamed for our mistakes, nor
41       cause confusion with their trademarks), but is  equally  clearly  inti‐
42       mately related (of course nearly all of the work comes from the Mozilla
43       foundation effort, so we want to give credit).
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USAGE

47       icecat is a simple shell script that will set up  the  environment  for
48       the actual executable, icecat-bin.
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OPTIONS

52       A summary of the options supported by icecat is included below.
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55   X11 options
56       --display=DISPLAY
57              X display to use
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65   IceCat options
66       -h, -help
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85              Do not accept or send remote commands; implies --new-instance.
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90       --UILocale locale
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112              Open url in a new private window.
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117       --screenshot [path]
118              Save screenshot to path or in working directory.
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121              Width and optionally height of screenshot.
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123       --search term
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134       --wait-for-jsdebugger
135              Spin  event  loop until JS debugger connects.  Enables debugging
136              (some) application startup code paths.  Only has an effect  when
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139       --devtools
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142       --start-debugger-server [ws:][port|path]
143              Start  the  debugger  server on a TCP port or Unix domain socket
144              path. Defaults to TCP port 6000. Use WebSocket protocol  if  ws:
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147       --recording file
148              Record drawing for a given URL.
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151              Specify destination file for a drawing recording.
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FILES

158       /usr/bin/icecat - shell script wrapping icecat
159       /usr/lib64/icecat/icecat-bin - icecat executable
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VERSION

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BUGS

167       To report a bug, please mail to bug-gnuzilla@gnu.org/
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AUTHORS

171       For  a full list of the people who are credited with making a contribu‐
172       tion to Mozilla, see http://www.mozilla.org/credits/ .
173              http://www.mozilla.org/about.html
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175       Tobias Girstmair
176              https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/
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180icecat                         December 12, 2018                     ICECAT(1)