---
name: "beaver"
section: "1x"
platform: "linux"
package: "beaver"
version: "0.2.3-1"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/beaver"
---

# beaver(1x)

an advanced editor based on GTK+ libraries.

## NAME

beaver - an advanced editor based on GTK+ libraries.

## SYNOPSIS

**beaver** \[OPTIONS\]*file*\
 \[OPTIONS\]*file*...

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **beaver** commands. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**beaver** is an Early AdVanced EditoR

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **--help, -?**

  Show this help message.

- **--usage**

  Display brief usage message.

- **--gdk-debug=FLAGS**

  Gdk debugging flags to set.

- **--gdk-no-debug=FLAGS**

  Gdk debugging flags to unset.

- **--display=DISPLAY**

  X display to use.

- **--sync**

  Make X calls synchronous.

- **--no-xshm**

  Don't use X shared memory extension.

- **--name=NAME**

  Program name as used by the window manager.

- **--class=CLASS**

  Program class as used by the window manager.

- **--gtk-debug=FLAGS**

  Gtk+ debugging flags to set.

- **--gtk-no-debug=FLAGS**

  Gtk+ debugging flags to unset.

- **--g-fatal-warnings**

  Make all warnings fatal.

- **--gtk-module=MODULE**

  Load an additional Gtk module.

- **--version**

  Show version of program.

## FILES

- \~/.beaver/wordfile.txt

  Configuration file used for syntax highlighting, automatic completion, etc. It is 100% compatible with UltraEdit wordfile.txt's and you can download other wordfile.txt's supporting tons of other languages at \<**http://www.ultraedit.com/downloads/additional.html**\>.

- \~/.beaver/\*

  Other files.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Ramakrishnan M \<rkrishnan@ti.com\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).