netsurf - A small fast web browser

Author

       netsurf was written by NetSurf Developers <netsurf-dev@netsurf-browser.org>.

       This  manual  page  was written by Vincent Sanders <vince@debian.org>, for the Debian project (and may be
       used by others).

                                                 April 19, 2012                                       NETSURF(1)

Description

       This manual page documents briefly the netsurf browser.

       netsurf is a small fast web browser. This man page only describes how to run the browser.

Name

       netsurf - A small fast web browser

Options

This programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').

The command line parameters override any options loaded from the users Choices file.

A summary of options is included below.

-v Enable verbose logging.

--http_proxy
Bboolean indicating if the http proxy is being used.

--http_proxy_host
The http proxy host.

--http_proxy_port
The http proxy port.

--http_proxy_auth
The authentication scheme for the http proxy.

--http_proxy_auth_user
The authentication schemes user.

--http_proxy_auth_pass
The authentication schemes password.

--font_size
The default font size to use.

--font_min_size
The minimum font size to use.

--font_sans
Family name of the sans serrif font.

--font_serif
Family name of the serrif font.

--font_mono
Family name of the monospace font.

--font_cursive
Family name of the cursive font.

--font_fantasy
Family name of the fantasy font.

--accept_language
Languages to accept.

--accept_charset
Character set to accept

--memory_cache_size
Maximum memory cache size.

--disc_cache_age
Maximum disc cache size.

--block_advertisements
Boolean to enable ad blocking.

--minimum_gif_delay
Minimum time between gif frames

--send_referer
Boolean controlling whether referer data should be sent

--animate_images
Boolean controlling whether images should be animated.

--expire_url
expire url

--font_default
Default font.

--ca_bundle
ca bundle

--ca_path
ca path

--cookie_file
cookie file

--cookie_jar
cookie jar

--homepage_url
homepage url

--search_url_bar
search url bar

--search_provider
search provider

--url_suggestion
url suggestion

--window_x
The X co-ordinate of the initial window.

--window_y
The Y co-ordinate of the initial window.

--window_width
The width of the initial window.

--window_height
The height of the initial window.

--window_screen_width
window screen width

--window_screen_height
window screen height

--toolbar_status_size
toolbar status size

--scale
Initial scale factor.

--incremental_reflow
Boolean controlling whether incremental reflow is performed.

--min_reflow_period
Minimum time between incremental reflows

--core_select_menu
core select menu

--max_fetchers
max fetchers

--max_fetchers_per_host
max fetchers per host

--max_cached_fetch_handles
max cached fetch handles

--suppress_curl_debug
suppress curl debug

--target_blank
target blank

--button_2_tab
button 2 tab

--margin_top
margin top

--margin_bottom
margin bottom

--margin_left
margin left

--margin_right
margin right

--export_scale
export scale

--suppress_images
suppress images

--remove_backgrounds
remove backgrounds

--enable_loosening
enable loosening

--enable_PDF_compression
enable PDF compression

--enable_PDF_password
enable_PDF_password

--gui_colour_bg_1
gui colour bg_1

--gui_colour_fg_1
gui colour fg_1

--gui_colour_fg_2
gui colour fg_2

--sys_colour_ActiveBorder
Override CSS sys_colour_ActiveBorder colour.

--sys_colour_ActiveCaption
Override CSS sys_colour_ActiveCaption colour.

--sys_colour_AppWorkspace
Override CSS sys_colour_AppWorkspace colour.

--sys_colour_Background
Override CSS sys_colour_Background colour.

--sys_colour_ButtonFace
Override CSS sys_colour_ButtonFace colour.

--sys_colour_ButtonHighlight
Override CSS sys_colour_ButtonHighlight colour.

--sys_colour_ButtonShadow
Override CSS sys_colour_ButtonShadow colour.

--sys_colour_ButtonText
Override CSS sys_colour_ButtonText colour.

--sys_colour_CaptionText
Override CSS sys_colour_CaptionText colour.

--sys_colour_GrayText
Override CSS sys_colour_GrayText colour.

--sys_colour_Highlight
Override CSS sys_colour_Highlight colour.

--sys_colour_HighlightText
Override CSS sys_colour_HighlightText colour.

--sys_colour_InactiveBorder
Override CSS sys_colour_InactiveBorder colour.

--sys_colour_InactiveCaption
Override CSS sys_colour_InactiveCaption colour.

--sys_colour_InactiveCaptionText
Override CSS sys_colour_InactiveCaptionText colour.

--sys_colour_InfoBackground
Override CSS sys_colour_InfoBackground colour.

--sys_colour_InfoText
Override CSS sys_colour_InfoText colour.

--sys_colour_Menu
Override CSS sys_colour_Menu colour.

--sys_colour_MenuText
Override CSS sys_colour_MenuText colour.

--sys_colour_Scrollbar
Override CSS sys_colour_Scrollbar colour.

--sys_colour_ThreeDDarkShadow
Override CSS sys_colour_ThreeDDarkShadow colour.

--sys_colour_ThreeDFace
Override CSS sys_colour_ThreeDFace colour.

--sys_colour_ThreeDHighlight
Override CSS sys_colour_ThreeDHighlight colour.

--sys_colour_ThreeDLightShadow
Override CSS sys_colour_ThreeDLightShadow colour.

--sys_colour_ThreeDShadow
Override CSS sys_colour_ThreeDShadow colour.

--sys_colour_Window
Override CSS sys_colour_Window colour.

--sys_colour_WindowFrame
Override CSS sys_colour_WindowFrame colour.

--sys_colour_WindowText
Override CSS sys_colour_WindowText colour.

--render_resample
render resample

--downloads_clear
downloads clear

--request_overwrite
request overwrite

--downloads_directory
downloads directory

--url_file
url file

--show_single_tab
Force tabs to always be show.

--button_type
button type

--disable_popups
disable popups

--disable_plugins
disable plugins

--history_age
history age

--hover_urls
hover urls

--focus_new
focus new

--new_blank
new blank

--hotlist_path
hotlist path

--source_tab
source tab

--current_theme
current theme

Synopsis

netsurf [options] [url]