1FIREFOX(1) Linux User's Manual FIREFOX(1)
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6 firefox - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser
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10 firefox [OPTIONS] [URL]
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12 firefox-bin [OPTIONS] [URL]
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16 Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards
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21 firefox is a simple shell script that will set up the environment for
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26 A summary of the options supported by firefox is included below.
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30 --gdk-debug=FLAGS Gdk debugging flags to set
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36 Gtk+ debugging flags to set
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39 Gtk+ debugging flags to unset
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62 Firefox options
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111 FILES /usr/bin/firefox - shell script wrapping firefox
112 /usr/lib/mozilla/firefox-bin - firefox executable
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133firefox August 07, 2001 FIREFOX(1)