.TH FIREFOX ESR 1 "November 4, 2004" firefox-esr "Linux User's Manual"
.SH NAME
firefox-esr - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B firefox-esr
[\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIURL\fR]

.B /usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr
[\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIURL\fR]

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBFirefox ESR\fR is an open-source web browser, designed for
standards compliance, performance and portability.

.SH USAGE
If there is an Firefox ESR browser already running, \fBfirefox-esr\fR will
arrange for it to create a new browser window; otherwise it will start
a new instance.

.SH OPTIONS
A summary of the options supported by \fBfirefox-esr\fR is included below.

.SS "X11 options"
.TP
.BI \-\-display= DISPLAY
X display to use
.TP
.B \-\-sync
Make X calls synchronous
.TP
.B \-\-no\-xshm
Don't use X shared memory extension
.TP
.BI \-\-xim\-preedit= STYLE
.TP
.BI \-\-xim\-status= STYLE
.TP
.B \-\-g\-fatal\-warnings
Make all warnings fatal

.SS "Mozilla options"
.TP
.B \-h, \-help
Show summary of options.
.TP
.B \-v, \-version
Print Firefox ESR version.
.TP
\fB\-P\fR [\fIprofile\fR]
Start with \fIprofile\fR. When no profile is given, displays the Profile Manager. May require \fB\-no\-remote\fR, see below.
.TP
.B \-migration
Start with migration wizard. May require \fB\-no\-remote\fR, see below.
.TP
.B \-ProfileManager
Start with profile manager. May require \fB\-no\-remote\fR, see below.
.TP
.B \-no\-remote
Don't connect to a running Firefox ESR instance. This option can be necessary
in conjunction to several of the options above, that won't have any effect
when an Firefox ESR instance is running unless \fB\-no\-remote\fR is used at
the same time.
.TP
\fB\-UILocale\fR \fIlocale\fR
Start with \fIlocale\fR resources as User Interface locale. By default, it is
guessed from environment and available locales for Firefox ESR.
.TP
.B \-safe\-mode
Starts Firefox ESR in safe mode, i.e. disabling all extensions and
showing a bit more debugging messages.
.TP
.B \-jsconsole
Start with Javascript Console
.TP
\fB\-new-window\fR \fIURL\fR
Open \fIURL\fR in a new window in an already running Firefox ESR process.
.TP
\fB\-new-tab\fR \fIURL\fR
Open \fIURL\fR in a new tab in an already running Firefox ESR process.
.TP
\fB\-chrome\fR \fIurl\fR
Load the specified chrome.

.SH ENVIRONMENT
\fIMOZILLA_DISABLE_PLUGINS\fR - when set, totally disables loading browser plugins
(the ones that appear at the about:plugins url)

.SH FILES
\fI/usr/bin/firefox-esr\fR - symbolic link to \fB/usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr\fR.
.br

\fI/usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr\fR - Firefox ESR executable.

\fI/usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox\-bin\fR - Legacy executable.
.br

.SH BUGS
To report a bug, please visit \fIhttp://bugzilla.mozilla.org/\fR and/or report bugs
to the Debian Bug Tracking System, as usual.

.SH AUTHORS
.TP
.B The Mozilla Organization
.I http://www.mozilla.org/about.html