gnumeric(1)
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. The splash
screen is normally shown if loading files takes too long.
-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
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 1.8.
BUGS
For the list of known gnumeric bugs, or to report new ones please visit http://bugzilla.gnome.org.
SEE ALSO
ssconvert(1), ssindex(1), ssdiff(1) ssgrep(1) The Gnumeric Manual Available through the Help menu or online http:// www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/doc/gnumeric.shtml. 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 or 3. For information on this license look at the source code that came with the software or see the GNU project page 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 <[email protected]> Miguel de Icaza <[email protected]> Morten Welinder <[email protected]> -- and many others. For a more complete list, see the About dialog. This manual page Jan Schaumann <[email protected]> Adrian Custer <[email protected]>
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