Kapitel 2. Starta upp GIMP
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## Kapitel 2. Starta upp GIMP

## 1. Köra GIMP

Most often, you start GIMP either by clicking on an icon (if your system is set up to provide you with one), or by typing gimp on a command line. If you have multiple versions of GIMP installed, you may need to type gimp-2.6 to get the latest version. You can, if you want, give a list of image files on the command line after the program name, and they will automatically be opened by GIMP as it starts. It is also possible, though, to open files from within GIMP once it is running.

Most operating systems support file associations, which associates a class of files (as determined by their filename extension, such as .jpg) with a corresponding application (such as GIMP). When image files are properly ”associated” to GIMP, you can double click on an image to open it in GIMP.

### 1.1. Kända plattformar

The GIMP is the most widely supported image manipulation available today. The platforms on which GIMP is known to work include:

GNU/Linux™, Apple Mac OS X™, Microsoft Windows™, OpenBSD™, NetBSD™, FreeBSD™, Solaris™, SunOS™, AIX™, HP-UX™, Tru64™, Digital UNIX™, OSF/1™, IRIX™, OS/2™ och BeOS™.

The GIMP is easily ported to other operating systems because of its source code availability. For further information visit the GIMP developers homepage. [GIMP-DEV].

### 1.2. Språk

GIMP automatically detects and uses the system language. In the unlikely event that language detection fails, or if you just want to use a different language, you may do so:

Linux

  In LINUX: in console mode, type `LANGUAGE=en gimp` or `LANG=en gimp` replacing en by fr, de, ... according to the language you want. Background: Using `LANGUAGE=en` sets an environment variable for the executed program `gimp`.

Windows XP

  Control Panel → System → Advanced → Environment button in ”System Variables” area: Add button: Enter LANG for Name and fr or de... for Value. Watch out! You have to click on three successive OK to validate your choice.

  If you change languages often, you can create a batch file to change the language. Open NotePad. Type the following commands (for french for instance):

  `set lang=fr
  start gimp-2.6.exe`

  Save this file as `GIMP-FR.BAT` (or another name, but always with a `.BAT` extension). Create a shortcut and drag it to your desktop.

  Another possibility: Start → Programs → GTK Runtime Environment Then Select language and select the language you want in the dropdown list.

Apple Mac OS X

  From System Preferences, click on the International icon. In the Language tab, the desired language should be the first in the list.

Another GIMP instance

  Use `-n` to run multiple instances GIMP. For example, use `gimp-2.6` to start GIMP in the default system language, and `LANGUAGE=en gimp-2.6 -n` to start another instance of GIMP in English; this is very useful for translators.

### 1.3. Kommandoradsargument

Although arguments are not required when starting GIMP, the most common arguments are shown below. On a Unix system, you can use `man gimp`for a complete list.

Command line arguments must be in the command line that you use to start GIMP as gimp-2.6 [OPTION...] [FILE|URI...].

-?, --help

  Visar en lista på alla kommandoradsval

--help-all

  Visar alla hjälpval

--help-gtk

  Visa GTK+-flaggor.

-v, --version

  Print the GIMP version and exit.

--license

  Show license information and exit.

--verbose

  Visar detaljer uppstartsmeddelanden

-n, --new-instance

  Start a new GIMP instance.

-a, --as-new

  Öppna bilder som nya.

-i, --no-interface

  Köra utan användargränssnitt

-d, --no-data

  Laddar inte upp gradienter, paletter eller penslar. Ofta användbartsituationer som inte kräver interaktion då man vill ha minimerad uppstartstid.

-f, --no-fonts

  Do not load any fonts. This is useful to load GIMP faster for scripts that do not use fonts, or to find problems related to malformed fonts that hang GIMP.

-s, --no-splash

  Visa inte splashskärmen vid start.

--no-shm

  Do not use shared memory between GIMP and plugins.

--no-cpu-accel

  Använd inte speciella CPU-accelerationsfunktion. Användbart föratt hitta eller slå av buggig accelerad hårdvara eller funktioner.

--session=`namn`

  Use a different `sessionrc` for this GIMP session. The given session name is appended to the default `sessionrc` filename.

--gimprc=`filnamn`

  Använd ett alternativt `gimprc` istället för den somstandard. `gimprc`-filen innehåller en förteckning av dinainställningar. Användbart i fall där instickssökvägar eller maskinspecifikationerskiljer sig.

--system-gimprc=`filnamn`

  Use an alternate system gimprc file.

-b, --batch=`kommandon`

  Execute the set of commands non-interactively. The set of commands is typically in the form of a script that can be executed by one of the GIMP scripting extensions. When the command is `-`, commands are read from standard input.

--batch-interpreter=`proc`

  Specify the procedure to use to process batch commands. The default procedure is Script-Fu.

--console-messages

  Låter inte dialogrutor poppa upp vid fel eller varningar. Skriv meddelandenai konsolen i stället.

--pdb-compat-mode=`läge`

  PDB kompatibiletsläge (av|på|varn).

--stack-trace-mode=`läge`

  Debug in case of a crash (never|query|always).

--debug-handlers

  Enable non-fatal debugging signal handlers. Useful for GIMP debugging.

--g-fatal-warnings

  Gör alla varningar kritiska. Användbart för avbuggning.

--dump-gimprc

  Utmatning av en gimprc fil med standarinställningar. Användbart omdu stökat till gimprc-filen.

--display=`display`

  Använd den tilldelade X skärmen ( kan inte tillämpas på alla plattformar).

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