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.
-L, --lib-dir=STRING
Set the root library directory to STRING which should be a pathname.
-D, --data-dir=STRING
Adjust the root data directory to STRING which should be a pathname.
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
--dump-func-defs=FILE
Dumps the function definitions to the file with name FILE.
--dump-func-state=FILE
Dumps the function definitions to the file with name FILE.
--debug=LEVEL
Enables some debugging functions.
I --debug_deps= LEVEL
Enables some dependency related debugging functions.
I --debug_share= LEVEL
Enables some dependency functions for expression sharing.
I --debug_print= LEVEL
Enables some print debugging behavior.
--quit
Exit immediately after loading the selected books (useful for
testing).
Oaf options
--oaf-ior-fd=FD
File descriptor on which to print the IOR.
--oaf-activate-iid=IID
IID to activate.
--oaf-private
Prevent registering of server with OAF.
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 1.2.
BUGS
For the list of known gnumeric bugs, or to report new ones
please visit http://bugzilla.gnome.org.
SEE ALSO
The Gnumeric Manual
Available through the Help menu or on the world wide web at
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/doc/index.html
The Gnumeric Homepage
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/
The GNOME project page
http://www.gnome.org/
LICENSE
Gnumeric is licensed under the terms of the General Public
License (GPL), version 2. For information on this license look at the
source code that came with the software or see the GNU project page at
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 <jgoldberg@gnome.org>
Miguel de Icaza <miguel@gnome.org>
This manual page
Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netmeister.org>
Adrian Custer <acuster@gnome.org>