communicator(X1)
communicator --
start Netscape Communicator
Command syntax
/usr/X/bin/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
Start Netscape Communicator
by entering /usr/X/bin/communicator
at the command line in an xterm 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 Navigator
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
Navigator 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.
The communicator command is set up to start a child browser
window automatically from an already-running browser if such exists.
This can save system resources and improve performance for some systems.
To disable this feature, set the NETSCAPE_NOAUTOREMOTE
environment variable to ``true''.
Command options
Communicator supports all the
Xt_options(X1).
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.
-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
To view the online Communicator Release and Installation Notes,
start Communicator, open
SCOhelp,
then click on Internet and Intranet in the left frame,
and then click on Netscape.
Files
/usr/X/bin/communicator-
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 UnixWare 7 systems
$HOME/.netscape/*-
individual user configuration files for the Netscape browsers
$HOME/.mailcap-
$HOME/.mime.types-
configuration files for the MIME protocol
References
scohelp(X1),
netscape(X1)
© 2004 The SCO Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004