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>/dev/null && echo "x-www-browser"
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description
Opera is a
graphical Web browser available on several platforms. The
desktop version described in this manual page runs on
GNU/Linux and FreeBSD. Versions for Windows and MacOS X are
also available.
bug reports
If you find a bug in Opera please report it to
https://bugs.opera.com/wizard/
command line options
These support both double and single dash as prefix. Several
other options are also supported, notably including many generic
X Toolkit options; see --help output for details.
--personaldir path
--pd path
Use path as personal configuration directory (ignore
default location).
--remote command
Send command to an existing Opera window. See "REMOTE
COMMANDS" section below.
--nomail
Start Opera without internal e-mail client (also disables chat
and newsfeeds).
--nosession
Do not open a saved window session or homepage.
--noshape
Suppress X shape-extension for widgets, to make their full
underlying rectangle visible (useful for debug).
--nowin
Do not open any document windows.
--version
Display version information and exit.
-h, --help
Print option summary and exit.
configuration directory
Private data for each user is stored in a personal configuration
directory. By default this is ~/.opera but you can
override this by setting OPERA_PERSONALDIR (for example in
your login shell’s standard configuration file) to a location of
your choosing; or by passing a chosen directory with the
--personaldir command-line option. For the most part it is
best to access the files in this directory via the preference and
appearance dialogs - accessed either from the Tools menu
of the Opera user interface or via a keyboard shortcut: type
Alt+P for the main preferences dialog,
Shift+F12 for the appearance dialog or simply
F12 for a menu of the more commonly set basic preferences
from each. (You can control Opera entirely from the keyboard,
including any of these dialogs; to dismiss a dialog, use the
Esc key.)
Most files in the directory have names which express their
functions. Many of them have backups saved in *.bak files.
The file operaprefs.ini in this directory records most
user preferences. Entries in it can override the locations of
some of the other files; this description relates each to its
default location. A fuller account of the operaprefs.ini
file may be found at
http://www.opera.com/support/usingopera/operaini/.
Bookmarks are recorded in bookmarks.adr, and global
browsing history is recorded in global.dat; browsing
histories for individual tabs are a part of the session state
saved as files in sessions. In this sub-directory, the
state of the current session is saved in autosave.win;
other sessions may be saved (see the Sessions sub-menu of the
main File menu) to other files in this directory. It is prudent
to save such a named session before starting up Opera with a
radically new version (especially if it is a beta release).
environment variables
OPERA_PERSONALDIR
Override default personal configuration directory
OPERA_STRICT_FILE_PERMISSIONS
Use owner-only permissions for all files created (as if by
umask 077) if set to YES, TRUE (case insensitively
matched) or 1. Otherwise honour umask setting in the
normal way.
OPERA_SYSTEM_UNAME
Override the operating system name. If set, Opera will use this
value as part of the User Agent string instead of trying to
detect the operating system.
files and directories
/usr/lib/opera
Installation directory for Opera binaries, with a separate
plugins sub-directory for plugins.
/usr/share/opera
Opera shared resource directory. Contains assorted data files.
/etc/operaprefs_default.ini
Default settings for Opera configurations; may be overridden by
the operaprefs.ini in a user’s personal configuration
directory.
/etc/operaprefs_fixed.ini
System settings for Opera configurations; cannot be overridden by
users.
~/.opera
The default personal configuration directory.
remote commands
Since commands include parentheses, which have special meaning to
the shell, it is important to enclose remote commands in quotes,
like --remote ’openURL()’ so as to prevent the shell from
interpreting the parentheses. In the following,
destination is one of new-window for a new window,
new-page for a new page (or tab) or background-page
for a new background page (opened in an inactive new tab).
openURL()
Open "Go to" dialog box prompting for input.
openURL(URL)
Open URL in active window.
openURL(URL,destination)
open URL in destination window, tab or background.
openFile(destination)
Open file selector in destination window or page
(background not supported).
openM2(new-window)
Open Opera mail client list view in a new window.
openComposer(new-window)
Open Opera mail composer in a new window.
addBookmark(URL)
Add URL to bookmark list.
raise()
Raises the Opera window.
lower()
Lowers the Opera window.
see also
Output from
opera --help for a fuller list of
supported options.
http://www.opera.com/docs/switches/
for an on-line account of the supported options.
http://help.opera.com/
for more general on-line help (also available via the Help
menu on Opera’s main toolbar).
author
This program
was written by Opera Software ASA
http://www.opera.com/. Please refer to
/usr/share/doc/opera/copyright for more
information.