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communicator(NSCOMM)

communicator(NSCOMM)


communicator -- start Netscape Communicator

Command syntax

/usr/bin/X11/communicator [-help] [-version] [-display dpy] [-geometry =WxH+X+Y] [-visual id-or-number] [-install | -no-install] [-ncols n] [-mono] [-iconic] [-xrm resource-spec] [-remote remote-command] [-id window-id] [-raise | -noraise] [-nethelp] [-dont-force-window-stacking] [-no-about-splash] [-no-session-management | -session-management] [-no-irix-session-management | -irix-session-management] [-dont-save-geometry-prefs] [-ignore-geometry-prefs] [-component-bar] [-composer | -edit] [-messenger | -mail] [-discussions | -news] [URL | file]

Desktop access

To start Netscape Communicator, double-click on the Netscape Communicator icon on your desktop or enter communicator or netscape at the command line in an xterm(XC) or scoterm(XC) window on your desktop.


NOTE: If Netscape Communicator is already running, you see a warning. It is safe to continue; however, you will be unable to use the disk cache and global history.

To exit from Communicator, select:

File Exit


WARNING: This might exit other Communicator windows you have open.

To close a Communicator window, select:

File Close

You can view the SCO online documentation with Netscape Communicator or another HTML browser by opening the following URL:

http://document-server:457

where document-server is either localhost (if the documentation is on the local system) or the fully qualified domain name of the document server.

Description

Netscape Communicator is a comprehensive set of Internet and intranet components that integrates email, groupware, HTML editing, conferencing, and calendaring with the Netscape Communicator WWW browser. Netscape Communicator allows users to easily communicate, share, and access information using the latest Internet technologies.

The communicator command brings up the graphical Netscape Communicator browser. You can run it with or without options. If you include a URL or file location at the command line, the browser opens that location, rather than the default home page, at startup. 

Command options

Communicator supports the Xt_options(XC).

The following options are also available when starting communicator from the command line:

-help
displays the command-line help message

-version
shows the version number and build date

-display dpy
specifies the X server to use

-geometry=WxH+X+Y
positions and sizes the browser window

-visual id-or-number
uses a specific server visual

-install
installs a private colormap

-no-install
uses the default colormap

-ncols n
when not using -install, sets the maximum number of colors to allocate for images

-mono
forces 1-bit-deep image display

-iconic
starts up the browser iconified

-xrm resource-spec
sets a specific X resource

-remote remote-command
executes a command in an already-running Netscape process. For more information, see ``Remote Control of UNIX Netscape''.

http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/x-remote.html

-id window-id
specifies the ID of an X window to which the -remote commands should be sent; if unspecified, the first window found is used

-raise
specifies whether the -remote commands that follow should cause the window to raise itself to the top (default behavior)

-noraise
specifies that the -remote commands that follow do not auto-raise the window (opposite of -raise)

-nethelp
displays nethelp (requires the nethelp: URL)

-dont-force-window-stacking
ignores the alwaysraised, alwayslowered, and z-lock JavaScript window.open() attributes

-no-about-splash
bypasses the startup license page

-no-session-management

-session-management
forces session management on (default) or off

-no-irix-session-management

-irix-session-management
turns on IRIX session managment (off by default) try if you experience session management problems

-dont-save-geometry-prefs
specifies to no save window geometry for the session

-ignore-geometry-prefs
ignores saved window geometry for the session

-component-bar
show only the Component Bar

-composer

-edit
opens all command-line URLs in Composer

-messenger

-mail
shows Messenger Mailbox (INBOX)

-discussions

-news
shows Collabra Discussions

Online documentation

To view the online Netscape Communicator documentation (NetHelp), start Communicator, then select:

Help Help Contents

To view the online Introduction to Communicator book, start Communicator, open http://localhost:457, then click on SCO Internet Family Documentation.

Files

/usr/bin/X11/communicator
script that starts Communicator

/usr/bin/X11/netscape
script that starts Communicator

/opt/netscape/netscape
Netscape Communicator binary

/opt/netscape/nethelp
NetHelp HTML help files

/opt/netscape/sco
system default configuration files for Communicator on SCO OpenServer systems

$HOME/.netscape/*
individual user configuration files for the Netscape browsers

$HOME/.mailcap

$HOME/.mime.types
configuration files for the MIME protocol

References

Netscape documentation (http://localhost:457/inethome.html)

scohelp(XC)

2 December 1998