---
name: "basket"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "basket"
version: "2.49-1+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/basket"
---

# basket(1)

Note-taking application

## NAME

basket - Note-taking application

## SYNOPSIS

**basket** \[*Qt-options*\] \[*KDE-options*\] \[*options*\] \[*file*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Basket Note Pads is a application to allow you to quickly take notes, save your ideas and assist in quickly find them later. Organizing your notes has never been so easy. Basket also allows integration with Kontact and rest of kde environment.

## OPTIONS

### Basket Note Pads options:

- **-d**, **--debug**

  Show the debug window

**-f**, **--data-folder** \<folder\> Custom folder where to load and save basket data and application data (useful for debugging purpose)

- **-h**, **--start-hidden**

  Hide the main window in the system tray icon on startup

- **-k**, **--use-drkonquy**

  When crashing, use the standard KDE report dialog instead of sending an email

### Arguments:

- file

  Open basket archive or template

### Generic options:

- **--help**

  Show help about options

- **--help-qt**

  Show Qt specific options

- **--help-kde**

  Show KDE specific options

- **--help-all**

  Show all options

- **--author**

  Show author information

- **-v**, **--version**

  Show version information

- **--license**

  Show license information

- **--**

  End of options

### Qt options:

- **--display** \<displayname\>

  Use the X-server display 'displayname'

- **--session** \<sessionId\>

  Restore the application for the given 'sessionId'

- **--cmap**

  Causes the application to install a private color map on an 8-bit display

- **--ncols** \<count\>

  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

- **--nograb**

  tells Qt to never grab the mouse or the keyboard

- **--dograb**

  running under a debugger can cause an implicit **-nograb**, use **-dograb** to override

- **--sync**

  switches to synchronous mode for debugging

- **--fn**, **--font** \<fontname\>

  defines the application font

- **--bg**, **--background** \<color\> sets the default background color and an

  application palette (light and dark shades are calculated)

**--fg**, **--foreground** \<color\> sets the default foreground color

- **--btn**, **--button** \<color\>

  sets the default button color

- **--name** \<name\>

  sets the application name

- **--title** \<title\>

  sets the application title (caption)

- **--visual** TrueColor

  forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on an 8-bit display

- **--inputstyle** \<inputstyle\> sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible

  values are onthespot, overthespot, offthespot and root

- **--im** \<XIM server\>

  set XIM server

- **--noxim**

  disable XIM

- **--reverse**

  mirrors the whole layout of widgets

### KDE options:

- **--caption** \<caption\>

  Use 'caption' as name in the titlebar

- **--icon** \<icon\>

  Use 'icon' as the application icon

- **--miniicon** \<icon\>

  Use 'icon' as the icon in the titlebar

- **--config** \<filename\>

  Use alternative configuration file

- **--dcopserver** \<server\>

  Use the DCOP Server specified by 'server'

- **--nocrashhandler**

  Disable crash handler, to get core dumps

- **--waitforwm**

  Waits for a WM\_NET compatible windowmanager

- **--style** \<style\>

  sets the application GUI style

- **--geometry** \<geometry\>

  sets the client geometry of the main widget - see man X for the argument format

- **--nofork**

  Don't run in the background.

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **Basket Note Pads:** is maintained as a KDE help file. If Konqueror and KHelpcenter are fully installed on your computer, accessing

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  **help:/basket**

should give you access to the complete manual.

## AUTHOR

**Basket Note Pads** Note Pads was written by

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  Gleb Baryshev \<gleb.baryshev@gmail.com\>

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  Dr. Robert Marmorstein \<robert@narnia.homeunix.com\>

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  Matt Rogers \<mattr@kde.org\>

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  Lionel Petit \<lionelpetit@gmail.com\>

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  Kelvie Wong \<kelvie@ieee.org\>

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  Amir Pakdel \<pakdel@gmail.com\>

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  Brian C. Milco \<bcmilco@gmail.com\>

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  Sébastien Laoût \<slaout@linux62.org\>

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  kodaaja \<kodaaja@68e0c82f-6715-0410-a4b6-c4571a790354\>

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  Petri Damstén \<damu@iki.fi\>

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  Alex Gontmakher \<gsasha@cs.technion.ac.il\>

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  Marco Martin \<m4rt@libero.it\>

Please report bugs to https://bugs.launchpad.net/basket

## OTHER

This manpage was originally derived from help2man by Sune Vuorela \<debian@pusling.com\> for the Debian project (but may be used by others). License: GPL2 like Basket Note Pads