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  19.           <th colspan="3" align="center" id="chaptername">Chapter┬á2.┬áUsing <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="acronym">Gimp</span></th>
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  22.           <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch02.html">Prev</a>┬á</td>
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  33.             <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="gimp-running"></a>2.┬áRunning Gimp</h2>
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  37.       <a id="id3418025" class="indexterm"></a>
  38.       <p>
  39.     Most often, you start Gimp either by clicking on an icon (if your
  40.     system is set up to provide you with one), or by typing
  41.     <span><b class="command">gimp</b></span> on a command line.  If you have multiple
  42.     versions of the Gimp installed, you may need to type
  43.     <span><b class="command">gimp-2.2</b></span> to get the latest version. You can,
  44.     if you want, give a list of image files on the command line after
  45.     the program name, and they will automatically be opened by Gimp as
  46.     it starts. It is also possible, though, to open files from within
  47.     Gimp once it is running. 
  48.   </p>
  49.       <p>
  50.     In most operating systems, you can set things up so that various
  51.     types of image files are "associated" with Gimp, and cause it to
  52.     start automatically when icons for them are double-clicked.  
  53.   </p>
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  60.             <th align="left">Tip</th>
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  63.             <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">
  64.               <p>
  65.       If you want to cause a certain file type to automatically open in
  66.       Gimp, you should associate it with "gimp-remote" rather than with
  67.       "gimp".  The gimp-remote program is an auxiliary that comes with
  68.       gimp.  If gimp is not already running on the system when
  69.       gimp-remote is executed, it is started and the image given as
  70.       argument to gimp-remote is loaded.  If gimp is already running,
  71.       though, the image is simply loaded into the already-running
  72.       program. 
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  82.               <h3 class="title"><a id="id3418084"></a>Command Line Arguments</h3>
  83.             </div>
  84.           </div>
  85.         </div>
  86.         <p>
  87.       Ordinarily you don't need to give any arguments when starting
  88.       Gimp, but here is a list of some that may at one time or anther be
  89.       useful.  This is not a complete list; on Unix systems you can get
  90.       a complete list by running <b class="userinput"><tt>man gimp</tt></b> in a
  91.       terminal window.
  92.     </p>
  93.         <div class="variablelist">
  94.           <dl>
  95.             <dt>
  96.               <span class="term">-h, --help</span>
  97.             </dt>
  98.             <dd>
  99.               <p>
  100.             Display a list of all commandline options.
  101.           </p>
  102.             </dd>
  103.             <dt>
  104.               <span class="term">-v, --version</span>
  105.             </dt>
  106.             <dd>
  107.               <p>
  108.             Print the version of Gimp being used, and exit.
  109.           </p>
  110.             </dd>
  111.             <dt>
  112.               <span class="term">--verbose</span>
  113.             </dt>
  114.             <dd>
  115.               <p>
  116.             Show detailed startup messages.
  117.           </p>
  118.             </dd>
  119.             <dt>
  120.               <span class="term">-d, --no-data</span>
  121.             </dt>
  122.             <dd>
  123.               <p>
  124.             Do  not  load  patterns, gradients, palettes, or brushes.
  125.             Often useful in non-interactive situations where startup
  126.             time  is  to be minimized.
  127.           </p>
  128.             </dd>
  129.             <dt>
  130.               <span class="term">--display <i class="replaceable"><tt>display</tt></i></span>
  131.             </dt>
  132.             <dd>
  133.               <p>
  134.             Use the designated X display (does not apply to
  135.             Gimp on Microsoft Windows).
  136.           </p>
  137.             </dd>
  138.             <dt>
  139.               <span class="term">-s, --no-splash</span>
  140.             </dt>
  141.             <dd>
  142.               <p>
  143.             Do not show the splash screen while starting.
  144.           </p>
  145.             </dd>
  146.             <dt>
  147.               <span class="term">--session <i class="replaceable"><tt>name</tt></i></span>
  148.             </dt>
  149.             <dd>
  150.               <p>
  151.             Use a different sessionrc for this GIMP session. The
  152.             given session name is appended to the default sessionrc
  153.             filename.
  154.           </p>
  155.             </dd>
  156.             <dt>
  157.               <span class="term">-g, --gimprc <i class="replaceable"><tt>gimprc</tt></i></span>
  158.             </dt>
  159.             <dd>
  160.               <p>
  161.             Use an alternative gimprc instead of the default one. The
  162.             "gimprc" file contains a record of your preferences.
  163.             Useful in cases where plugins paths or machine specs may be
  164.             different.
  165.           </p>
  166.             </dd>
  167.             <dt>
  168.               <span class="term">-c, --console-messages</span>
  169.             </dt>
  170.             <dd>
  171.               <p>
  172.             Do not popup dialog boxes on errors or warnings. Print
  173.             the messages on the console instead.
  174.           </p>
  175.             </dd>
  176.             <dt>
  177.               <span class="term">-b, --batch <i class="replaceable"><tt>commands</tt></i></span>
  178.             </dt>
  179.             <dd>
  180.               <p>
  181.              Execute the set of commands non-interactively.  The  set
  182.              of commands  is  typically  in  the form of a script that
  183.              can be executed by one of the GIMP scripting  extensions.
  184.              When  commands is <b class="userinput"><tt>-</tt></b>, the commands
  185.              are read from standard input.
  186.           </p>
  187.             </dd>
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