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<refentry id="gnome-about-1">

<refmeta><refentrytitle>gnome-about</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

<refmiscinfo class="date">09 Nov 2007</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>

</refmeta>

<indexterm><primary>gnome-about</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>

display GNOME introductory information</primary></indexterm><refnamediv id="gnome-about-1-name">

<refname>gnome-about</refname><refpurpose>display GNOME introductory information

</refpurpose></refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv id="gnome-about-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>

<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-gnome-version</option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option role="nodash"><replaceable>gnome-std-options</replaceable></option></arg>

</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1 id="gnome-about-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>

<para>The GNOME introductory dialog displays a list of the GNOME contributors,

and provides links to some useful GNOME websites.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-about-1-opts"><title>&opts-tt;</title>

<para>The following options are supported:</para>

<variablelist termlength="medium">

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-gnome-version</option></term>

<listitem><para>

Display information on this GNOME version.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option role="nodash"><replaceable>gnome-std-options</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>

Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-std-options</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-about-1-exam"><title>&exam-tt;</title>

<example role="example">

<title>Displaying the GNOME introductory information</title>

<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; </userinput></screen></para>

</example>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-about-1-exit"><title>&exit-tt;</title>

<para>The following exit values are returned:</para>

<variablelist termlength="xtranarrow">

<varlistentry>

<term><returnvalue>0</returnvalue></term>

<listitem><para>

Application exited successfully

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><returnvalue>>0</returnvalue></term>

<listitem><para>

Application exited with failure

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-about-1-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>

<para>The following files are used by this application:</para>

<variablelist termlength="wholeline">

<varlistentry>

<term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename></term>

<listitem><para>

Executable for GNOME introductory information display.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><filename>/usr/share/gnome-about/gnome-version.xml</filename></term>

<listitem><para>

XML source of GNOME version, build date and introductory text for the

application.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-about-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>

<para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>

for descriptions of the following attributes:</para>

<informaltable frame="all">

<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">

<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">

<thead>

<row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center"

valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>

</thead>

<tbody>

<row><entry><para>Availability</para></entry><entry><para>gnome/gnome-panel

</para></entry></row>

<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry><entry

colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volatile</para></entry></row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</informaltable>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-about-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>

<para>

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-std-options</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>

</para>

<para>Latest version of the <citetitle>GNOME Desktop User Guide</citetitle> for your platform.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-about-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>

<para>

The <filename>gnome-version.xml</filename> file format is classified as

Volatile and its stability should not be relied upon.

</para>

<para>

Written by Mark McLoughlin, updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc.,

2003, 2006, 2007.

</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>