---
name: "gtk-options"
section: "7"
platform: "linux"
package: "libgtk2.0-bin"
version: "2.24.33-7"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gtk-options"
---

# gtk-options(7)

Standard Command Line Options for GTK Programs

## NAME

gtk-options - Standard Command Line Options for GTK Programs

## SYNOPSIS

*program* \[*standard options*\] \[*specific options*\] *arguments*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page describes the command line options, which are common to all GTK based applications.

## OPTIONS

### GTK OPTIONS

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

  Load an additional Gtk module.

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

  A colon separated list of GTK debugging flags to set. Valid flags are *objects*, *misc*, *signals*, *dnd*, and *plugsocket*. The special value *all* enables all flags.

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

  GTK debugging flags to unset.  Use this options to override the *GTK\_DEBUG* environment variable.

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

  Make all warnings fatal.

### GDK OPTIONS

- **--display**=*DISPLAY*

  Set the X display to use.  Use this option to override the *DISPLAY* environment variable.

- **--screen**=*SCREEN*

  X screen to use.  Use this options to override the screen part of the *DISPLAY* environment variable (see the *DISPLAY NAMES* section of the [*X*(7x)](/X/7x.md) manual page).

- **--sync**

  Make X calls synchronous.  This slows down the program considerably, but may be useful for debugging purposes.

- **--no-xshm**

  Do not use the X server´s XSHM shared memory extension.  This slows down the program.

- **--name**=*NAME*

  Program name as used by the window manager.

- **--class**=*CLASS*

  Program class as used by the window manager.

**--gxid\_host**=*HOST*

**--gxid\_port**=*PORT*

**--xim-preedit**

- **--xim-status**

  Control the X input method.

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

  A colon-separated list of GDK debugging flags to set.  This only works if your GDK library was compile with debugging support.  Valid flags are *events*, *misc*, *dnd*, *color-context*, and *xim*. The special value *all* enables all valid flags.

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

  A colon-separated list of GDK debugging flags to unset. Use this options to override the *GDK\_DEBUG* environment variable.

## SEE ALSO

[**X**(7x)](/X/7x.md), the GTK documentation, and the GDK documentation.

For most GTK programs there will be additional command line options, which are specific to the program.  These will be explained in the application´s documentation.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jochen Voss \<voss@debian.org\>.