---
name: "mlgui"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mldonkey-gui"
version: "3.1.6-1+b1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mlgui"
---

# mlgui(1)

the client of the MLDonkey server.

## NAME

mlgui - the client of the MLDonkey server.

## SYNOPSIS

**mlgui** \[\[options\]\] \[\[-help\] \| \[--help\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **mlgui** command.

This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

This client can connect to remote ( or local ) server. You can specify which server you want with **-hostname** and **-port**. There are three different layout possible : text, icon org both. You will be able to use this gui to command you MLDonkey server.

## COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

- **-gtk\_advanced\_options \<string\>**

  Set to true whether you want to access to the advanced options (current: false)

- **-gtk\_connection\_http\_proxy\_server \<string\>**

  Direct HTTP queries to HTTP proxy (current: )

- **-gtk\_connection\_http\_proxy\_port \<string\>**

  Port of HTTP proxy (current: 8080)

- **-gtk\_connection\_http\_use\_proxy \<string\>**

  Direct TCP connections to HTTP proxy (the proxy should support CONNECT) (current: false)

- **-gtk\_client\_login \<string\>**

  Your login name (default is admin) (current: admin)

- **-gtk\_client\_password \<string\>**

  The password to use when connecting to the server (current: )

- **-gtk\_client\_port \<string\>**

  The server port to connect to (current: 4001)

- **-gtk\_client\_hostname \<string\>**

  The server hostname to connect to (current: localhost)

- **-gtk\_client\_lang \<string\>**

  The language you want to use in MLgui (current: English)

- **-gtk\_look\_use\_size\_suffixes \<string\>**

  Whether sizes are printed using G(iga), M(ega) and k(ilo) suffixes. (current: true)

- **-gtk\_look\_use\_icons \<string\>**

  Whether icons are displayed in MLgui (current: true)

- **-gtk\_look\_graphical\_availability \<string\>**

  What is displayed in availability column : graphical or text (current: true)

- **-gtk\_look\_icons\_directory \<string\>**

  The directory where mldonkey gui's icons are (current: )

- **-gtk\_look\_main\_toolbar\_icon\_size \<string\>**

  The size of the icons in the main toolbar (current: 32)

- **-gtk\_look\_toolbars\_icon\_size \<string\>**

  The size of the icons in the other toolbars (current: 22)

- **-gtk\_look\_lists\_icon\_size \<string\>**

  The size of the icons in the lists (current: 16)

- **-gtk\_look\_icon\_saturation \<string\>**

  The level of saturation when diplaying icons (current: 1.)

- **-gtk\_look\_toolbars\_style \<string\>**

  What is displayed in toolbar buttons : text, icon or both (current: both)

- **-gtk\_color\_default \<string\>**

  Set the default color in MLgui (current: Black)

- **-gtk\_color\_state\_not\_available \<string\>**

  Color for unavailable files (current: Red)

- **-gtk\_color\_state\_files\_listed \<string\>**

  Color for users whose list of files has been retrieved (current: Blue)

- **-gtk\_font\_list \<string\>**

  Font for the list and trees texts (current: sans 12)

- **-gtk\_font\_network \<string\>**

  Font for the networks labels in the Networks Tab (current: sans 16)

- **-gtk\_graph\_time\_downloads \<string\>**

  Set the time range for the downloads graph (current: quarter)

- **-gtk\_graph\_time\_uploads \<string\>**

  Set the time range for the uploads graph (current: quarter)

- **-gtk\_graph\_time\_file \<string\>**

  Set the time range to display the uploads and downloads of one file in the graph tab (current: quarter)

- **-gtk\_graph\_font \<string\>**

  Set the font to display texts in both the uploads and downloads graphs (current: sans 7)

- **-gtk\_graph\_background \<string\>**

  Set the background color for both the uploads and downloads graphs (current: #000000)

- **-gtk\_graph\_grid \<string\>**

  Set the color of the grid for both the uploads and downloads graphs (current: #484848)

- **-gtk\_graph\_download \<string\>**

  Set the foreground color of the download rate (current: #83afff)

- **-gtk\_graph\_upload \<string\>**

  Set the foreground color of the upload rate (current: #6eec8b)

- **-gtk\_misc\_relative\_availability \<string\>**

  Calculate % availability ignoring already present chunks (current: true)

- **-gtk\_misc\_files\_auto\_expand\_depth \<string\>**

  The depth to which the directories of a friend are automatically expanded (current: 3)

- **-gtk\_misc\_use\_availability\_height \<string\>**

  Display the availability of a chunk as height or color coded bar (current: true)

- **-gtk\_misc\_availability\_max \<string\>**

  If use\_availability\_height is true, which availability corresponds to a full bar ? (current: 10)

- **-gtk\_misc\_compaction\_overhead \<string\>**

  The percentage of free memory before a compaction is triggered (current: 50)

- **-gtk\_misc\_interface\_buffer \<string\>**

  The size of the buffer to the core (current: 10000000)

- **-gtk\_misc\_copy\_messages \<string\>**

  For bundle binaries, should we directly pass structures between the core and the GUI (faster), or copy them (fewer bugs) (current: true)

- **-gtk\_verbose\_gview \<string\>**

  Debug module GuiTemplates.Gview (current: false)

- **-gtk\_verbose\_chat \<string\>**

  Debug module GuiTemplates.Chat (current: false)

- **-gtk\_verbose\_tools \<string\>**

  Debug module GuiTools (current: false)

- **-gtk\_verbose\_configwin \<string\>**

  Debug module ConfigWindow (current: false)

- **-gtk\_verbose\_art \<string\>**

  Debug module GuiArt (current: false)

- **-gtk\_verbose\_main \<string\>**

  Debug module GuiMain (current: false)

- **-gtk\_verbose\_networks \<string\>**

  Debug module GuiNetworks (current: false)

- **-gtk\_verbose\_servers \<string\>**

  Debug module GuiServers (current: false)

- **-gtk\_verbose\_downloads \<string\>**

  Debug module GuiDownloads (current: false)

- **-gtk\_verbose\_friends \<string\>**

  Debug module GuiFriends (current: false)

- **-gtk\_verbose\_queries \<string\>**

  Debug module GuiQueries (current: false)

- **-gtk\_verbose\_rooms \<string\>**

  Debug module GuiRooms (current: false)

- **-gtk\_verbose\_uploads \<string\>**

  Debug module GuiUploads (current: false)

- **-gtk\_verbose\_console \<string\>**

  Debug module GuiConsole (current: false)

- **-gtk\_verbose\_graphbase \<string\>**

  Debug module GuiGraphBase (current: false)

- **-gtk\_verbose\_graph \<string\>**

  Debug module GuiGraph (current: false)

- **-gtk\_verbose\_im \<string\>**

  Debug module GuiIm (current: false)

- **-gtk\_verbose\_settings \<string\>**

  Debug module GuiConfig (current: false)

- **-help**

  Display this list of options

- **--help**

  Display this list of options

## LICENSE

This manual page was originally written by Sylvain Le Gall \<gildor@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; considering as source code all the file that enable the production of this manpage.

## SEE ALSO

 **mlnet** (1)

 **mlguistarter** (1)

## AUTHORS

**Sylvain Le Gall** \<gildor@debian.org\>

Author.

**Mehdi Dogguy** \<dogguy@pps.jussieu.fr\>

Author.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Sylvain Le Gall\
 Copyright © 2009 Mehdi Dogguy\
