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kget(1)

An advanced download manager for KDE

NAME

kget - An advanced download manager for KDE

SYNOPSIS

kget [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [options] [URL(s)]

DESCRIPTION

KGet is an advanced download manager for KDE. It allows you to group downloads. In some cases, KGet can resume these downloads even if you shutdown your computer before the downloads have completed.

To download a document or package, drag and drop the URL on to KGet.

OPTIONS

URL(s) URL(s) to download

Arguments:

Options:

--showDropTarget

Start KGet with drop target

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.

Full user documentation is available through the KDE Help Center. You can also enter the URL

SEE ALSO

help:/kget/ directly into konqueror or you can run khelpcenter help:/kget/ from the command-line.

AUTHORS

Matej Moss
Patrick  Charbonnier <[email protected]>
Carsten Pfeiffer <[email protected]>

Please use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs; do not mail the authors directly.

This manual page was written by Holger Hartmann <[email protected]> for the Debian Project, but may be used by others. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.