--- name: "gnumeric" section: "1" platform: "linux" package: "gnumeric" version: "1.12.62-2" release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/gnumeric" --- # gnumeric(1) a GNOME spreadsheet application. ## NAME gnumeric - a GNOME spreadsheet application. ## SYNOPSIS **gnumeric** \[*OPTIONS*\] \[*files* *...* \] ## DESCRIPTION **Gnumeric** is a powerful spreadsheet program created by the GNOME project. **Gnumeric** intends to compete with commercial spreadsheets by becoming fully compatible with Microsoft Excel(TM) and through the support of most popular spreadsheet file formats such as Excel(TM), Lotus 1-2-3(TM), Applix(TM), Sylk(TM), XBase(TM), Oleo(TM) and OpenOffice.org formats. **Gnumeric** supports advanced calculations using statistical, financial and database access functions. Plotting data is supported through an incomplete but powerful plotting system. A plugin system extends **gnumeric** , for instance enabling the export of data to the LaTeX \\longtable format. Plugins can be used to define custom functionality. A rudimentary scripting API for the Python language exists and will be extended in the near future. Since **gnumeric** is **free** software, **gnumeric** can also be extended directly at the source code level by any competent programmer. The program can be started from the command line as **gnumeric** or from one of the menus provided by the underlying platform. When started on the command line, **gnumeric** may be followed by the options listed below and possibly the names of files in various spreadsheet formats which will then be opened immediately. For instance, the command: gnumeric myfile.gnumeric will launch **gnumeric** and open the file called "myfile.gnumeric". The default **gnumeric** file format is in extensible markup language (XML) which subsequently has been compressed with **gzip**. ## USER OPTIONS This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with single letter options starting with a single dash (\`-') and longer options starting with two dashes (\`--'). ### Help options **-?, --help** Show help message. - **--usage** Displays a brief usage message. ### Gnumeric options - **-v, --version** Displays the version number of the installed instance of **gnumeric**. - **--no-splash** Start **gnumeric** without showing the splash screen. The splash screen is normally shown if loading files takes too long. ### Options for window placement - **-g, --geometry=WIDTHxHEIGHT+XOFF+YOFF** **Set the size and position of the first window. All units are in** **pixels. The X offset is from the left hand side of the screen, the Y** **offset is from the top of the screen. For example, -g=800x600+20+30** **will open a gnumeric window 800 pixels wide by 600 pixels high, with** **the left edge of gnumeric 20 pixels from the left of the screen and** **the top edge of gnumeric 30 pixels from the top of the screen.** - **--display=*DISPLAY*** **X display to use, where DISPLAY has the form** **machinename:Xdisplay.Screen. Note that the machine displaying gnumeric** **must have granted the machine running gnumeric the right to display** **(see xhost).** - **--screen=*SCREEN*** **X screen to use, a more compact form of the functionality described** **above.** ## ADVANCED OPTIONS ### GNOME options - **--disable-sound** **Disable sound server usage.** - **--enable-sound** **Enable sound server usage.** - **--espeaker=***HOSTNAME:PORT* Host:port on which the sound server to use is running. - **--disable-crash-dialog** Disable the bug submission dialog which appears if Gnumeric crashes. ### GTK options - **--gdk-debug=***FLAGS* Gdk debugging flags to set. - **--gdk-no-debug=***FLAGS* Gdk debugging flags to unset. - **--sync** Make X calls synchronous. - **--name=***NAME* Program name as used by the window manager. - **--class=***CLASS* Program class as used by the window manager. - **--gxid\_host=***HOST* The host on which to contact the gxid daemon. This overrides the GXID\_HOST environment variable. This option is only available if GTK+ has been configured with --gdk-target=x11. - **--gxid\_port=***PORT* The port for the connection to gxid. This overrides the GXID\_PORT environment variable. This option is only available if GTK+ has been configured with --gdk-target=x11. - **--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. ### Session management options - **--sm-client-id=***ID* Specify session management ID. - **--sm-config-prefix=***PREFIX* Specify prefix of saved configuration. - **--sm-disable** Disable connection to session manager. ## VERSION This manual page describes **gnumeric** version 1.8. ## BUGS For the list of known **gnumeric** bugs, or to report new ones please visit *https://gitlab.gnome.org*. ## SEE ALSO [**ssconvert**(1)](/ssconvert/1.md), [**ssindex**(1)](/ssindex/1.md), [**ssdiff**(1)](/ssdiff/1.md) [**ssgrep**(1)](/ssgrep/1.md) **The Gnumeric Manual** Available through the **Help** menu or online ⟨URL: https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/gnumeric/manual/ ⟩. The Gnumeric Homepage ⟨URL: https://www.gnumeric.org/ ⟩. The GNOME project page ⟨URL: https://www.gnome.org/ ⟩. ## LICENSE **Gnumeric** is licensed under the terms of the General Public License (GPL), version 2 or 3. For information on this license look at the source code that came with the software or see the GNU project page ⟨URL: http://www.gnu.org/ ⟩. ## COPYRIGHT The copyright on the **gnumeric** software and source code is held by the individual authors as is documented in the source code. ## AUTHORS ### Gnumeric Jody Goldberg \\ Miguel de Icaza \\ Morten Welinder \\ \-- and many others. For a more complete list, see the About dialog. ### This manual page Jan Schaumann \\ Adrian Custer \