.\" This file was generated by (a slightly modified) kdemangen.pl and edited by hand .TH KREADCONFIG 1 "June 2006" "K Desktop Environment" "Read KConfig entries" .SH NAME kreadconfig \- Read KConfig entries (for use in shell scripts) .SH SYNOPSIS \fBkreadconfig\fP [Qt\-options] [KDE\-options] [options] .SH DESCRIPTION \fBkreadconfig\fP is a command line tool to retrieve values from KDE configuration files. .sp 1 If a file given via option \fB\-\-file\fP does not contain a path the KDE standard configuration directory is used. .SS Example: .TP \fBkreadconfig \-\-group\fP Directories \fB--key\fP dir_tmp read the \fBvalue\fP for \fBkey\fP dir_tmp in \fBgroup\fP Directories from KDE's main configuration file .SH OPTIONS .SS Options: .TP .B \-\-file <file> Use <file> instead of global config .TP .B \-\-group <group> Group to look in [KDE] .TP .B \-\-key <key> Key to look for .TP .B \-\-default <default> Default value .TP .B \-\-type <type> Type of variable .SS Generic options: .TP .B \-\-help Show help about options .TP .B \-\-help\-qt Show Qt specific options .TP .B \-\-help\-kde Show KDE specific options .TP .B \-\-help\-all Show all options .TP .B \-\-author Show author information .TP .B \-v, \-\-version Show version information .TP .B \-\-license Show license information .TP .B \-\- End of options .SS .SS Qt options: .TP .B \-\-display <displayname> Use the X-server display 'displayname' .TP .B \-\-session <sessionId> Restore the application for the given 'sessionId' .TP .B \-\-cmap Causes the application to install a private color map on an 8\-bit display .TP .B \-\-ncols <count> Limits the number of colors allocated in the color cube on an 8\-bit display, if the application is using the QApplication::ManyColor color specification .TP .B \-\-nograb tells Qt to never grab the mouse or the keyboard .TP .B \-\-dograb running under a debugger can cause an implicit \-nograb, use \-dograb to override .TP .B \-\-sync switches to synchronous mode for debugging .TP .B \-\-fn, \-\-font <fontname> defines the application font .TP .B \-\-bg, \-\-background <color> sets the default background color and an application palette (light and dark shades are calculated) .TP .B \-\-fg, \-\-foreground <color> sets the default foreground color .TP .B \-\-btn, \-\-button <color> sets the default button color .TP .B \-\-name <name> sets the application name .TP .B \-\-title <title> sets the application title (caption) .TP .B \-\-visual TrueColor forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on an 8\-bit display .TP .B \-\-inputstyle <inputstyle> sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible values are onthespot, overthespot, offthespot and root .TP .B \-\-im <XIM server> set XIM server .TP .B \-\-noxim disable XIM .TP .B \-\-reverse mirrors the whole layout of widgets .SS .SS KDE options: .TP .B \-\-caption <caption> Use 'caption' as name in the titlebar .TP .B \-\-icon <icon> Use 'icon' as the application icon .TP .B \-\-miniicon <icon> Use 'icon' as the icon in the titlebar .TP .B \-\-config <filename> Use alternative configuration file .TP .B \-\-dcopserver <server> Use the DCOP Server specified by 'server' .TP .B \-\-nocrashhandler Disable crash handler, to get core dumps .TP .B \-\-waitforwm Waits for a WM_NET compatible windowmanager .TP .B \-\-style <style> sets the application GUI style .TP .B \-\-geometry <geometry> sets the client geometry of the main widget - see man X for the argument format .SS .SH FILES .I /etc/kde3/system.kdeglobals global KDE configuration file .I ~/.kde/share/config standard configuration directory .SH AUTHORS .nf Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero@redhat.com> .br .br .fi Please use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs; do not mail the author directly. .PP This manual page was written by Holger Hartmann <Holger_Hartmann@gmx.de> for the Debian Project, but may be used by others. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. .PP On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common\-licenses/GPL.