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= qutebrowser(1)
:doctype: manpage
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:homepage: http://www.qutebrowser.org/

== NAME
qutebrowser - a keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on PyQt5 and QtWebKit.

== SYNOPSIS
*qutebrowser* ['-OPTION' ['...']] [':COMMAND' ['...']] ['URL' ['...']]

== DESCRIPTION
qutebrowser is a keyboard-focused browser with with a minimal GUI. It's based
on Python, PyQt5 and QtWebKit and free software, licensed under the GPL.

It was inspired by other browsers/addons like dwb and Vimperator/Pentadactyl.

Note the commands and settings of qutebrowser are not described in this
manpage, but in the help integrated in qutebrowser - use the ":help" command to
show it.

== OPTIONS
// QUTE_OPTIONS_START
=== positional arguments
*':command'*::
    Commands to execute on startup.

*'URL'*::
    URLs to open on startup (empty as a window separator).

=== optional arguments
*-h*, *--help*::
    show this help message and exit

*-c* 'CONFDIR', *--confdir* 'CONFDIR'::
    Set config directory (empty for no config storage).

*--datadir* 'DATADIR'::
    Set data directory (empty for no data storage).

*--cachedir* 'CACHEDIR'::
    Set cache directory (empty for no cache storage).

*--basedir* 'BASEDIR'::
    Base directory for all storage. Other --*dir arguments are ignored if this is given.

*-V*, *--version*::
    Show version and quit.

*-s* 'SECTION' 'OPTION' 'VALUE', *--set* 'SECTION' 'OPTION' 'VALUE'::
    Set a temporary setting for this session.

*-r* 'SESSION', *--restore* 'SESSION'::
    Restore a named session.

*-R*, *--override-restore*::
    Don't restore a session even if one would be restored.

=== debug arguments
*-l* 'LOGLEVEL', *--loglevel* 'LOGLEVEL'::
    Set loglevel

*--logfilter* 'LOGFILTER'::
    Comma-separated list of things to be logged to the debug log on stdout.

*--loglines* 'LOGLINES'::
    How many lines of the debug log to keep in RAM (-1: unlimited).

*--debug*::
    Turn on debugging options.

*--nocolor*::
    Turn off colored logging.

*--harfbuzz* '{old,new,system,auto}'::
    HarfBuzz engine version to use. Default: auto.

*--relaxed-config*::
    Silently remove unknown config options.

*--nowindow*::
    Don't show the main window.

*--debug-exit*::
    Turn on debugging of late exit.

*--no-crash-dialog*::
    Don't show a crash dialog.

*--pdb-postmortem*::
    Drop into pdb on exceptions.

*--qt-name* 'NAME'::
    Set the window name.

*--qt-style* 'STYLE'::
    Set the Qt GUI style to use.

*--qt-stylesheet* 'STYLESHEET'::
    Override the Qt application stylesheet.

*--qt-widgetcount*::
    Print debug message at the end about number of widgets left undestroyed and maximum number of widgets existed at the same time.

*--qt-reverse*::
    Set the application's layout direction to right-to-left.

*--qt-qmljsdebugger* 'port:PORT[,block]'::
    Activate the QML/JS debugger with a specified port. 'block' is optional and will make the application wait until a debugger connects to it.
// QUTE_OPTIONS_END

== FILES

- '~/.config/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.conf': Main config file.
- '~/.config/qutebrowser/quickmarks': Saved quickmarks.
- '~/.config/qutebrowser/keys.conf': Defined key bindings.
- '~/.local/share/qutebrowser/': Various state information.
- '~/.cache/qutebrowser/': Temporary data.

Note qutebrowser conforms to the XDG basedir specification - if
'XDG_CONFIG_HOME', 'XDG_DATA_HOME' or 'XDG_CACHE_HOME' are set in the
environment, the directories configured there are used instead of the above
defaults.

== BUGS
Bugs are tracked in the Github issue tracker at 
https://github.com/The-Compiler/qutebrowser/issues.

If you found a bug, use the built-in ':report' command to create a bug report
with all information needed.

If you prefer, you can also write to the
https://lists.schokokeks.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/qutebrowser[mailinglist] at
mailto:qutebrowser@lists.qutebrowser.org[] instead.

For security bugs, please contact me directly at me@the-compiler.org, GPG ID
http://www.the-compiler.org/pubkey.asc[0xFD55A072].

== COPYRIGHT
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

== RESOURCES
* Website: http://www.qutebrowser.org/
* Mailinglist: mailto:qutebrowser@lists.qutebrowser.org[] /
https://lists.schokokeks.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/qutebrowser
* IRC: irc://irc.freenode.org/#qutebrowser[`#qutebrowser`] on
http://freenode.net/[Freenode]
* Github: https://github.com/The-Compiler/qutebrowser

== AUTHOR
*qutebrowser* was written by Florian Bruhin. All contributors can be found in
the README file distributed with qutebrowser.