NAME¶

cog - single-window web browser

SYNOPSIS¶

cog [options] [URL]

DESCRIPTION¶

cog is a small, single-window web browser based on WPE WebKit. It provides no user interface and is suitable to be used as a web application container for embedded devices in kiosk mode.

The URL of the website to be opened can be passed either from the command-line or with the COG_URL environment variable.

OPTIONS¶

-h, --help

Show help options

--version

Print version and exit

--print-appid

Print application ID and exit

--scale=FACTOR

Zoom/Scaling factor applied to Web content (default: 1.0, no scaling)

--device-scale=FACTOR

Output device scaling factor (default: 1.0, no scaling, 96 DPI)

--doc-viewer

Document viewer mode: optimizes for local loading of Web content. This reduces memory usage at the cost of reducing caching of resources loaded from the network.

-d, --dir-handler=SCHEME:PATH

Add a URI scheme handler for a directory

--webprocess-failure=ACTION

Action on WebProcess failures: error-page (default), exit, exit-ok, restart.

-C, --config=PATH

Path to a configuration file

-b, --bg-color=BG_COLOR

Background color, as a CSS name or in #RRGGBBAA hex syntax (default: white)

-P, --platform=NAME

Platform plug-in to use.

--web-extensions-dir=PATH

Load Web Extensions from given directory.

ENVIRONMENT¶

COG_URL URL of the website to be opened

SEE ALSO¶

cogctl(1)

AUTHOR¶

This manual page was written by Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com>