Command Line Arguments

Arguments which start with -- are options. All other arguments specify files to visit. Arguments which specify files to visit can be wildcards. For example, *.html will visit all of the HTML files in the current directory.

Action Arguments

FILE

Visit FILE using find-file.

+LINENUM FILE

Visit FILE using find-file and then go to line number LINENUM using goto-line.

--load FILE

Load the FILE of Tint code using emacs.user.load-file.

--eval EXPRESSION

Evaluate Tint expression EXPRESSION.

--

This will turn off processing of arguments as options. This allows you to visit files whoses names start with --. For example, temacs -- --no-single will visit a file called --no-single.

Other Arguments

--no-single
--nosingle

Turn off the single instance behavior.

--no-state
--nostate

Do not load a state file even if one exists in the current directory. This also turns off single instance behavior.

--no-config
--noconfig

Do not load a configuration file. This also turns off single instance behavior.

--user NAME

Load USER's state file rather than your own.

--userprofile DIRECTORY
--home DIRECTORY

Use DIRECTORY as the directory for configuration and init files.

--state DIRECTORY

Load the state from DIRECTORY rather than the current directory.

--trace OBJECT

Start tracing OBJECT and all of its descendants; the trace will be written to the file temacs.trace in the current directory.

--title TITLE

Set the title of the Tint Emacs window to be TITLE.

--minimized
--iconic

Start Tint Emacs minimized; this only works with wemacs.

--maximimized

Start Tint Emacs maximized; this only works with wemacs.

--size WxH

Set the size of the Tint Emacs window to be W characters wide and H character high; this only works with wemacs. The character x must be between the two numbers.

--position XxY

Set the position of the Tint Emacs window to be at X and Y pixels from the upper left corner of the screen; this only works with wemacs. The character x must be between the two numbers.