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 (TM)

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 (TM)

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 (TM) 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)