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6 qutebrowser - a keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on PyQt5.
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9 qutebrowser [-OPTION [...]] [:COMMAND [...]] [URL [...]]
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12 qutebrowser is a keyboard-focused browser with a minimal GUI. It’s
13 based on Python and Qt5 and is free software, licensed under the GPL.
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15 It was inspired by other browsers/addons like dwb and
16 Vimperator/Pentadactyl.
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18 Note the commands and settings of qutebrowser are not described in this
19 manpage, but in the help integrated in qutebrowser - use the ":help"
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24 :command
25 Commands to execute on startup.
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28 URLs to open on startup (empty as a window separator).
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31 -h, --help
32 show this help message and exit
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34 -B BASEDIR, --basedir BASEDIR
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37 -V, --version
38 Show version and quit.
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40 -s OPTION VALUE, --set OPTION VALUE
41 Set a temporary setting for this session.
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43 -r SESSION, --restore SESSION
44 Restore a named session.
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46 -R, --override-restore
47 Don’t restore a session even if one would be restored.
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49 --target {auto,tab,tab-bg,tab-silent,tab-bg-silent,window}
50 How URLs should be opened if there is already a qutebrowser
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53 --backend {webkit,webengine}
54 Which backend to use.
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56 --enable-webengine-inspector
57 Enable the web inspector for QtWebEngine. Note that this is a
58 SECURITY RISK and you should not visit untrusted websites with the
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60 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-50725 for more details. This
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65 -l {critical,error,warning,info,debug,vdebug}, --loglevel
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69 --logfilter LOGFILTER
70 Comma-separated list of things to be logged to the debug log on
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73 --loglines LOGLINES
74 How many lines of the debug log to keep in RAM (-1: unlimited).
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76 -d, --debug
77 Turn on debugging options.
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79 --json-logging
80 Output log lines in JSON format (one object per line).
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82 --nocolor
83 Turn off colored logging.
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85 --force-color
86 Force colored logging
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88 --nowindow
89 Don’t show the main window.
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91 -T, --temp-basedir
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94 --no-err-windows
95 Don’t show any error windows (used for tests/smoke.py).
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97 --qt-arg NAME VALUE
98 Pass an argument with a value to Qt. For example, you can do
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101 --qt-flag QT_FLAG
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104 -D DEBUG_FLAGS, --debug-flag DEBUG_FLAGS
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108 · ~/.config/qutebrowser/config.py: Configuration file.
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113 · ~/.config/qutebrowser/quickmarks: Saved quickmarks.
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115 · ~/.local/share/qutebrowser/: Various state information.
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117 · ~/.cache/qutebrowser/: Temporary data.
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119 Note qutebrowser conforms to the XDG basedir specification - if
120 XDG_CONFIG_HOME, XDG_DATA_HOME or XDG_CACHE_HOME are set in the
121 environment, the directories configured there are used instead of the
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125 Bugs are tracked in the Github issue tracker at
126 https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues.
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128 If you found a bug, use the built-in :report command to create a bug
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131 If you prefer, you can also write to the mailinglist at
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134 For security bugs, please contact me directly at me@the-compiler.org,
135 GPG ID 0xFD55A072.
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138 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
139 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
140 Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
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143 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
144 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
145 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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148 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
149 with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
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152 · Website: https://www.qutebrowser.org/
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154 · Mailinglist: qutebrowser@lists.qutebrowser.org /
155 https://lists.schokokeks.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/qutebrowser
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157 · Announce-only mailinglist:
158 qutebrowser-announce@lists.qutebrowser.org /
159 https://lists.schokokeks.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/qutebrowser-announce
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161 · IRC: #qutebrowser on Freenode
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163 · Github: https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser
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166 qutebrowser was written by Florian Bruhin. All contributors can be
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