freeloader1

Usage

Overview

Freeloader is a nice GNOME download manager written in Python
and supporting torrents. Its main features are:

* Support for BitTorrent files

* Command line control

* File system monitoring

* Sorting by status or progress

* Preferences saved in GConf

* Drag and drop URLs or Torrents into main window or tray

* Support for retrieval from most URLs (ftp, http, etc)

* Support for hiding in system tray

* Interruptible downloads

Options

A summary of the options supported by Freeloader is included below.

--load-modules=MODULE1,MODULE2,... Dynamic modules to load

Help options
-?, --help Show this help message
--usage Display brief usage message

Application options
-s, --show-window Show the Main Window
-h, --hide-window Hide the Main Window
-x, --stop-all Stop all active transfers
-q, --quit Tell program to quit

Bonobo activation Support
--oaf-ior-fd=FD File descriptor to print IOR on
--oaf-activate-iid=IID IID to activate
--oaf-private Prevent registering of server with OAF

GNOME GConf Support

GNOME Library
--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
--version GNOME Library version

GTK+
--gdk-debug=FLAGS Gdk debugging flags to set
--gdk-no-debug=FLAGS Gdk debugging flags to unset
--display=DISPLAY X display to use
--screen=SCREEN X screen to use
--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
--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
--sm-client-id=ID Specify session management ID
--sm-config-prefix=PREFIX Specify prefix of saved configuration
--sm-disable Disable connection to session manager

GNOME GUI Library
--disable-crash-dialog Disable Crash Dialog