---
name: "gnome-moz-remote"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnome-bin"
version: "1.4.2-37+b2"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gnome-moz-remote"
---

# gnome-moz-remote(1)

remote control of browsers.

## NAME

gnome-moz-remote - remote control of browsers.

## SYNOPSIS

**gnome-moz-remote** \[  **--remote** *\[=CMD\]* \] \[  **--raise**  \] \[  **--noraise**  \] \[  **--newwin**  \] \[  **--local**  \] \[  **--version -V**  \]

## DESCRIPTION

**gnome-moz-remote** open a URL in the current browser, or start a new copy of a browser, pointing at the given page.

## OPTIONS

- **--remote=CMD**

  Execute a command inside Netscape.

- **--raise**

  Raise the Netscape window after commands.

- **--noraise**

  Don't raise the Netscape window.

- **--newwin**

  Show the given URL in a new window

- **--local**

  Copy of netscape must be local

- **--version**

  Display version

## CONFIGURATION

Without a configuration file, **gnome-moz-remote** will assume  it should use either Netscape or Mozilla.  When starting a new  web browser, it will try to find a mozilla binary.  If it finds one,  it will use it.  If not, it will start netscape instead.

If you want to start a different browser instead of the default,  create a file named *~/.gnome/gnome-moz-remote* with the following contents:

```
	  [Mozilla]
	  filename=netscape
	  NEEDS_TERM=false
	  NREMOTE=true
```

If the web browser needs a terminal, set NEEDS\_TERM to true.  If  the web browser understands the Netscape Remote Protocol,

```
	http://www.netscape.com/newsref/std/x-remote.html
```

set NREMOTE to true.  Otherwise, it should be false.  As of this  writing, only Mozilla and Netscape support this protocol, although  it would be trivial to add support to other Open Source browsers.

Note that if you set NREMOTE to false, **gnome-moz-remote** will never try to contact a currently running browser, but will always start a new instance.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was originally written by Christian Marillat  \<marillat@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system  (but may be used by others).

The documentation for the gnome-moz-remote configuration file was added by Benjamin Kahn \<xkahn@ximian.com\> for the GNOME Project.