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KSTARS(1) General Commands Manual KSTARS(1)

NAME

kstars - KDE Desktop Planetarium

SYNOPSIS

kstars [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [options]

DESCRIPTION

KStars is a desktop planetarium for KDE, depicting an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time. The display includes 130,000 stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects, all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets and asteroids. It includes tools for astronomical calculations and can control telescopes and cameras.

OPTIONS

Dump sky image to file.
Script to execute.
Width of sky image [640].
Height of sky image [480].
Filename for sky image [kstars.png].
Date and time.
Start with clock paused.

GENERIC OPTIONS

Show help about options.
Show Qt specific options.
Show KDE specific options.
Show all options.
Show author information.
Show version information.
Show license information.
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End of options.

QT OPTIONS

Use the X-server display `displayname'.
Restore the application for the given `sessionId'.
Causes the application to install a private color map on an 8-bit display.
Limits the number of colors allocated in the color cube on an 8-bit display, if the application is using the QApplication::ManyColor color specification.
Tells Qt to never grab the mouse or the keyboard.
Running under a debugger can cause an implicit -nograb, use -dograb to override.
Switches to synchronous mode for debugging.
Defines the application font.
Sets the default background color and an application palette (light and dark shades are calculated).
Sets the default foreground color.
Sets the default button color.
Sets the application name.
Sets the application title (caption).
Forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on an 8-bit display.
Sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible values are onthespot, overthespot, offthespot and root.
Set XIM server.
Disable XIM.
Mirrors the whole layout of widgets.

KDE OPTIONS

Use `caption' as name in the titlebar.
Use `icon' as the application icon.
Use alternative configuration file.
Disable crash handler, to get core dumps.
Waits for a WM_NET compatible windowmanager.
Sets the application GUI style.
Sets the client geometry of the main widget.

SEE ALSO

More detailed user documentation is available from help:/kstars (either enter this URL into konqueror, or run `khelpcenter help:/kstars').