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6 seamonkey - an internet application suite (browser, mail, etc.)
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10 seamonkey [OPTIONS] [URL]
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14 SeaMonkey is an all-in-one Internet application suite (previously made
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16 vanced e-mail, newsgroup and feed client, a calendar, IRC client, HTML
17 editor and a tool to inspect the DOM for web pages. It is derived from
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22 A summary of the options supported by seamonkey is included below.
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26 --display=DISPLAY
27 X display to use
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35 SeaMonkey options
36 -h, -help
37 Show summary of options.
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39 -v, -version
40 Print seamonkey version.
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42 -P profile
43 Start with profile.
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46 Start with profile at path.
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49 Create a new profile in the default directory, but do not start
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51 profile manager, the profile_name must not contain spaces. Do
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62 Start with import wizard (if you have proper import sources).
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65 Start with profile manager.
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68 Do not accept or send remote commands. Implies -new-instance.
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71 Open new instance, not a new window in running instance, which
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75 Launches the application with all extensions disabled, for that
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80 Runs SeaMonkey in headless mode, which is very useful for pur‐
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84 Open the address book at startup.
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87 Compose a mail or news message. Options are specified as string
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94 Open the Browser Console.
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97 Gecko (layout engine) has a JavaScript cache, which is not reset
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101 Start with editor (composer) for the given url (optional).
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104 Open the Mail&News folder view.
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107 Open the message specified by this url.
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110 Start with the offline mode. This option will only work if Sea‐
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118 Open the Error Console.
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121 Open a browser window.
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124 Open a private browsing window.
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127 Open url in a new browser window.
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142 Search term with your default search engine.
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145 Open Preferences window.
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148 Execute command in an already running SeaMonkey process. For
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