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Most often, you start Gimp either by clicking on an icon (if your
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Gimp, you should associate it with "gimp-remote" rather than with
"gimp". The gimp-remote program is an auxiliary that comes with
gimp. If gimp is not already running on the system when
gimp-remote is executed, it is started and the image given as
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Ordinarily you don't need to give any arguments when starting
Gimp, but here is a list of some that may at one time or anther be
useful. This is not a complete list; on Unix systems you can get
a complete list by running <b class="userinput"><tt>man gimp</tt></b> in a
terminal window.
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<span class="term">-h, --help</span>
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Display a list of all commandline options.
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<span class="term">-v, --version</span>
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Print the version of Gimp being used, and exit.
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<span class="term">--verbose</span>
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Show detailed startup messages.
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<span class="term">-d, --no-data</span>
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Do not load patterns, gradients, palettes, or brushes.
Often useful in non-interactive situations where startup
time is to be minimized.
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<span class="term">--display <i class="replaceable"><tt>display</tt></i></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Use the designated X display (does not apply to
Gimp on Microsoft Windows).
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<span class="term">-s, --no-splash</span>
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Do not show the splash screen while starting.
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<span class="term">--session <i class="replaceable"><tt>name</tt></i></span>
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<dd>
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Use a different sessionrc for this GIMP session. The
given session name is appended to the default sessionrc
filename.
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<span class="term">-g, --gimprc <i class="replaceable"><tt>gimprc</tt></i></span>
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Use an alternative gimprc instead of the default one. The
"gimprc" file contains a record of your preferences.
Useful in cases where plugins paths or machine specs may be
different.
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<span class="term">-c, --console-messages</span>
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Do not popup dialog boxes on errors or warnings. Print
the messages on the console instead.
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<span class="term">-b, --batch <i class="replaceable"><tt>commands</tt></i></span>
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Execute the set of commands non-interactively. The set
of commands is typically in the form of a script that
can be executed by one of the GIMP scripting extensions.
When commands is <b class="userinput"><tt>-</tt></b>, the commands
are read from standard input.
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