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@c This is part of the Emacs manual.
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@c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 97,
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@c 2001, 03, 04, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
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@node Emacs Invocation, X Resources, GNU Free Documentation License, Top
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@appendix Command Line Arguments for Emacs Invocation
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@cindex command line arguments
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@cindex arguments (command line)
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@cindex options (command line)
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@cindex switches (command line)
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@cindex startup (command line arguments)
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@cindex invocation (command line arguments)
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GNU Emacs supports command line arguments to request various actions
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when invoking Emacs. These are for compatibility with other editors and
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for sophisticated activities. We don't recommend using them for
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ordinary editing.
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Arguments starting with @samp{-} are @dfn{options}, and so is
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@samp{+@var{linenum}}. All other arguments specify files to visit.
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Emacs visits the specified files while it starts up. The last file
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name on your command line becomes the current buffer; the other files
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are also visited in other buffers. If there are two files, they are
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both displayed; otherwise the last file is displayed along with a
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buffer list that shows what other buffers there are. As with most
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programs, the special argument @samp{--} says that all subsequent
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arguments are file names, not options, even if they start with
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@samp{-}.
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Emacs command options can specify many things, such as the size and
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position of the X window Emacs uses, its colors, and so on. A few
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options support advanced usage, such as running Lisp functions on files
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in batch mode. The sections of this chapter describe the available
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options, arranged according to their purpose.
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There are two ways of writing options: the short forms that start with
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a single @samp{-}, and the long forms that start with @samp{--}. For
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example, @samp{-d} is a short form and @samp{--display} is the
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corresponding long form.
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The long forms with @samp{--} are easier to remember, but longer to
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type. However, you don't have to spell out the whole option name; any
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unambiguous abbreviation is enough. When a long option takes an
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argument, you can use either a space or an equal sign to separate the
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option name and the argument. Thus, you can write either
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@samp{--display sugar-bombs:0.0} or @samp{--display=sugar-bombs:0.0}.
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We recommend an equal sign because it makes the relationship clearer,
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and the tables below always show an equal sign.
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@cindex initial options (command line)
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@cindex action options (command line)
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@vindex command-line-args
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Most options specify how to initialize Emacs, or set parameters for
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the Emacs session. We call them @dfn{initial options}. A few options
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specify things to do: for example, load libraries, call functions, or
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terminate Emacs. These are called @dfn{action options}. These and file
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names together are called @dfn{action arguments}. Emacs processes all
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the action arguments in the order they are written. The @file{.emacs} file
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can access the values of the action arguments as the elements of a list in
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the variable @code{command-line-args}.
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@menu
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* Action Arguments:: Arguments to visit files, load libraries,
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and call functions.
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* Initial Options:: Arguments that take effect while starting Emacs.
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* Command Example:: Examples of using command line arguments.
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* Resume Arguments:: Specifying arguments when you resume a running Emacs.
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* Environment:: Environment variables that Emacs uses.
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* Display X:: Changing the default display and using remote login.
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* Font X:: Choosing a font for text, under X.
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* Colors:: Choosing display colors.
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* Window Size X:: Start-up window size, under X.
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* Borders X:: Internal and external borders, under X.
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* Title X:: Specifying the initial frame's title.
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* Icons X:: Choosing what sort of icon to use, under X.
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* Misc X:: Other display options.
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@end menu
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@node Action Arguments
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@appendixsec Action Arguments
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Here is a table of the action arguments and options:
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@table @samp
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@item @var{file}
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@opindex --file
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@itemx --file=@var{file}
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@opindex --find-file
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@itemx --find-file=@var{file}
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@opindex --visit
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@itemx --visit=@var{file}
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@cindex visiting files, command-line argument
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@vindex inhibit-startup-buffer-menu
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Visit @var{file} using @code{find-file}. @xref{Visiting}.
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If you visit several files at startup in this way, Emacs
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also displays a Buffer Menu buffer to show you what files it
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has visited. You can inhibit that by setting @code{inhibit-startup-buffer-menu} to @code{t}.
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@item +@var{linenum} @var{file}
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@opindex +@var{linenum}
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Visit @var{file} using @code{find-file}, then go to line number
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@var{linenum} in it.
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@item +@var{linenum}:@var{columnnum} @var{file}
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Visit @var{file} using @code{find-file}, then go to line number
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@var{linenum} and put point at column number @var{columnnum}.
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@need 3000
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@item -l @var{file}
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@opindex -l
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@itemx --load=@var{file}
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@opindex --load
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@cindex loading Lisp libraries, command-line argument
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Load a Lisp library named @var{file} with the function @code{load}.
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@xref{Lisp Libraries}. If @var{file} is not an absolute file name,
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the library can be found either in the current directory, or in the
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Emacs library search path as specified with @env{EMACSLOADPATH}
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(@pxref{General Variables}).
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@strong{Warning:} If previous command-line arguments have visited
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files, the current directory is the directory of the last file
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visited.
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@item -L @var{dir}
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@opindex -L
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@itemx --directory=@var{dir}
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@opindex --directory
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Add directory @var{dir} to the variable @code{load-path}.
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@item -f @var{function}
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@opindex -f
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@itemx --funcall=@var{function}
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@opindex --funcall
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@cindex call Lisp functions, command-line argument
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Call Lisp function @var{function}. If it is an interactive function
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(a command), it reads the arguments interactively just as if you had
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called the same function with a key sequence. Otherwise, it calls the
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function with no arguments.
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@item --eval=@var{expression}
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@opindex --eval
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@itemx --execute=@var{expression}
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@opindex --execute
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@cindex evaluate expression, command-line argument
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Evaluate Lisp expression @var{expression}.
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@item --insert=@var{file}
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@opindex --insert
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@cindex insert file contents, command-line argument
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Insert the contents of @var{file} into the current buffer. This is like
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what @kbd{M-x insert-file} does. @xref{Misc File Ops}.
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@item --kill
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@opindex --kill
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Exit from Emacs without asking for confirmation.
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@item --help
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@opindex --help
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Print a usage message listing all available options, then exit
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successfully.
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@item --version
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@opindex --version
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Print Emacs version, then exit successfully.
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@end table
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@node Initial Options
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@appendixsec Initial Options
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The initial options specify parameters for the Emacs session. This
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section describes the more general initial options; some other options
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specifically related to the X Window System appear in the following
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sections.
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Some initial options affect the loading of init files. The normal
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actions of Emacs are to first load @file{site-start.el} if it exists,
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then your own init file @file{~/.emacs} if it exists, and finally
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@file{default.el} if it exists. @xref{Init File}. Certain options
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prevent loading of some of these files or substitute other files for
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them.
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@table @samp
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@item -t @var{device}
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@opindex -t
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@itemx --terminal=@var{device}
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@opindex --terminal
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@cindex device for Emacs terminal I/O
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Use @var{device} as the device for terminal input and output.
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@samp{--terminal} implies @samp{--no-window-system}.
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@item -d @var{display}
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@opindex -d
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@itemx --display=@var{display}
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@opindex --display
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@cindex display for Emacs frame
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Use the X Window System and use the display named @var{display} to open
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the initial Emacs frame. @xref{Display X}, for more details.
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@item -nw
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@opindex -nw
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@itemx --no-window-system
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@opindex --no-window-system
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@cindex disable window system
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Don't communicate directly with the window system, disregarding the
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@env{DISPLAY} environment variable even if it is set. This means that
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Emacs uses the terminal from which it was launched for all its display
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and input.
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@need 3000
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@cindex batch mode
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@item -batch
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@opindex --batch
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@itemx --batch
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Run Emacs in @dfn{batch mode}. Batch mode is used for running
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programs written in Emacs Lisp from shell scripts, makefiles, and so
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on. You should also use the @samp{-l} option or @samp{-f} option, to
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invoke a Lisp program to do batch processing.
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In batch mode, Emacs does not display the text being edited, and the
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standard terminal interrupt characters such as @kbd{C-z} and @kbd{C-c}
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continue to have their normal effect. The functions @code{prin1},
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@code{princ} and @code{print} output to @code{stdout} instead of the
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echo area, while @code{message} and error messages output to
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@code{stderr}. Functions that would normally read from the minibuffer
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take their input from @code{stdin} instead.
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@samp{--batch} implies @samp{-q} (do not load an init file), but
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@file{site-start.el} is loaded nonetheless. It also causes Emacs to
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exit after processing all the command options. In addition, it
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disables auto-saving except in buffers for which it has been
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explicitly requested.
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@item --script @var{file}
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@opindex --script
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@cindex script mode
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Run Emacs in batch mode, like @samp{--batch}, and then read and
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execute the Lisp code in @var{file}.
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The normal use of this option is in executable script files that run
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Emacs. They can start with this text on the first line
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@example
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#!/usr/bin/emacs --script
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@end example
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@noindent
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which will invoke Emacs with @samp{--script} and supply the name of
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the script file as @var{file}. Emacs Lisp then treats @samp{#!} as a
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comment delimiter.
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@item -q
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@opindex -q
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@itemx --no-init-file
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@opindex --no-init-file
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@cindex bypassing init and @file{default.el} file
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@cindex init file, not loading
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@cindex @file{default.el} file, not loading
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Do not load your Emacs init file @file{~/.emacs}, or @file{default.el}
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either. Regardless of this switch, @file{site-start.el} is still loaded.
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When invoked like this, Emacs does not allow saving options
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changed with the @kbd{M-x customize} command and its variants.
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@xref{Easy Customization}.
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@item --no-site-file
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@opindex --no-site-file
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@cindex @file{site-start.el} file, not loading
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Do not load @file{site-start.el}. The options @samp{-q}, @samp{-u}
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and @samp{--batch} have no effect on the loading of this file---this
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option and @samp{-Q} are the only options that block it.
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@item -Q
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@opindex -Q
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@itemx --quick
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@opindex --quick
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Start emacs with minimum customizations. This is like using @samp{-q}
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and @samp{--no-site-file}, but also disables the startup screen.
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@item --no-splash
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@opindex --no-splash
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@vindex inhibit-startup-message
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Do not display a splash screen on startup; this is equivalent to
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setting the variable @code{inhibit-startup-message} to non-@code{nil}.
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@item --no-desktop
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@opindex --no-desktop
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Do not reload any saved desktop. @xref{Saving Emacs Sessions}.
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@item -u @var{user}
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@opindex -u
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@itemx --user=@var{user}
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@opindex --user
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@cindex load init file of another user
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Load @var{user}'s Emacs init file @file{~@var{user}/.emacs} instead of
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your own.
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@item --debug-init
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@opindex --debug-init
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@cindex errors in init file
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Enable the Emacs Lisp debugger for errors in the init file.
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@xref{Error Debugging,, Entering the Debugger on an Error, elisp, The
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GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}.
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@item --unibyte
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@opindex --unibyte
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@itemx --no-multibyte
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@opindex --no-multibyte
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@cindex unibyte operation, command-line argument
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Do almost everything with single-byte buffers and strings.
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All buffers and strings are unibyte unless you (or a Lisp program)
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explicitly ask for a multibyte buffer or string. (Note that Emacs
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always loads Lisp files in multibyte mode, even if @samp{--unibyte} is
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specified; see @ref{Enabling Multibyte}.) Setting the environment
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variable @env{EMACS_UNIBYTE} has the same effect
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(@pxref{General Variables}).
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@item --multibyte
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@opindex --multibyte
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@itemx --no-unibyte
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@opindex --no-unibyte
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Inhibit the effect of @env{EMACS_UNIBYTE}, so that Emacs
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uses multibyte characters by default, as usual.
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@end table
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@node Command Example
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@appendixsec Command Argument Example
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Here is an example of using Emacs with arguments and options. It
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assumes you have a Lisp program file called @file{hack-c.el} which, when
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loaded, performs some useful operation on the current buffer, expected
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to be a C program.
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@example
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emacs --batch foo.c -l hack-c -f save-buffer >& log
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@end example
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@noindent
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This says to visit @file{foo.c}, load @file{hack-c.el} (which makes
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changes in the visited file), save @file{foo.c} (note that
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@code{save-buffer} is the function that @kbd{C-x C-s} is bound to), and
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then exit back to the shell (because of @samp{--batch}). @samp{--batch}
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also guarantees there will be no problem redirecting output to
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@file{log}, because Emacs will not assume that it has a display terminal
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to work with.
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@node Resume Arguments
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@appendixsec Resuming Emacs with Arguments
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You can specify action arguments for Emacs when you resume it after
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a suspension. To prepare for this, put the following code in your
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@file{.emacs} file (@pxref{Hooks}):
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@c `resume-suspend-hook' is correct. It is the name of a function.
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@example
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(add-hook 'suspend-hook 'resume-suspend-hook)
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(add-hook 'suspend-resume-hook 'resume-process-args)
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@end example
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As further preparation, you must execute the shell script
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@file{emacs.csh} (if you use csh as your shell) or @file{emacs.bash}
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(if you use bash as your shell). These scripts define an alias named
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@code{edit}, which will resume Emacs giving it new command line
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arguments such as files to visit. The scripts are found in the
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@file{etc} subdirectory of the Emacs distribution.
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Only action arguments work properly when you resume Emacs. Initial
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arguments are not recognized---it's too late to execute them anyway.
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Note that resuming Emacs (with or without arguments) must be done from
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within the shell that is the parent of the Emacs job. This is why
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@code{edit} is an alias rather than a program or a shell script. It is
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not possible to implement a resumption command that could be run from
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other subjobs of the shell; there is no way to define a command that could
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be made the value of @env{EDITOR}, for example. Therefore, this feature
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does not take the place of the Emacs Server feature (@pxref{Emacs
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Server}).
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The aliases use the Emacs Server feature if you appear to have a
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server Emacs running. However, they cannot determine this with complete
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accuracy. They may think that a server is still running when in
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actuality you have killed that Emacs, because the file
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@file{/tmp/esrv@dots{}} still exists. If this happens, find that
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file and delete it.
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@node Environment
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@appendixsec Environment Variables
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@cindex environment variables
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The @dfn{environment} is a feature of the operating system; it
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consists of a collection of variables with names and values. Each
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variable is called an @dfn{environment variable}; environment variable
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names are case-sensitive, and it is conventional to use upper case
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letters only. The values are all text strings.
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What makes the environment useful is that subprocesses inherit the
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environment automatically from their parent process. This means you
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can set up an environment variable in your login shell, and all the
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programs you run (including Emacs) will automatically see it.
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Subprocesses of Emacs (such as shells, compilers, and version-control
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software) inherit the environment from Emacs, too.
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@findex setenv
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@findex getenv
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Inside Emacs, the command @kbd{M-x getenv} gets the value of an
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environment variable. @kbd{M-x setenv} sets a variable in the Emacs
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environment. (Environment variable substitutions with @samp{$} work
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in the value just as in file names; see @ref{File Names with $}.)
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The way to set environment variables outside of Emacs depends on the
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operating system, and especially the shell that you are using. For
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example, here's how to set the environment variable @env{ORGANIZATION}
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to @samp{not very much} using Bash:
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@example
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export ORGANIZATION="not very much"
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@end example
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@noindent
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and here's how to do it in csh or tcsh:
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@example
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setenv ORGANIZATION "not very much"
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@end example
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When Emacs is using the X Window System, various environment
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variables that control X work for Emacs as well. See the X
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documentation for more information.
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@menu
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* General Variables:: Environment variables that all versions of Emacs use.
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* Misc Variables:: Certain system-specific variables.
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* MS-Windows Registry:: An alternative to the environment on MS-Windows.
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@end menu
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@node General Variables
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@appendixsubsec General Variables
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Here is an alphabetical list of specific environment variables that
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have special meanings in Emacs, giving the name of each variable and
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its meaning. Most of these variables are also used by some other
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programs. Emacs does not require any of these environment variables
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to be set, but it uses their values if they are set.
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@table @env
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@item CDPATH
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Used by the @code{cd} command to search for the directory you specify,
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when you specify a relative directory name.
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@item EMACS_UNIBYTE
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@cindex unibyte operation, environment variable
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Defining this environment variable with a nonempty value directs Emacs
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to do almost everything with single-byte buffers and strings. It is
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equivalent to using the @samp{--unibyte} command-line option on each
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invocation. @xref{Initial Options}.
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@item EMACSDATA
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Directory for the architecture-independent files that come with Emacs.
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This is used to initialize the Lisp variable @code{data-directory}.
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@item EMACSDOC
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Directory for the documentation string file,
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@file{DOC-@var{emacsversion}}. This is used to initialize the Lisp
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variable @code{doc-directory}.
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@item EMACSLOADPATH
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A colon-separated list of directories@footnote{
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Here and below, whenever we say ``colon-separated list of directories,''
|
|
it pertains to Unix and GNU/Linux systems. On MS-DOS and MS-Windows,
|
|
the directories are separated by semi-colons instead, since DOS/Windows
|
|
file names might include a colon after a drive letter.}
|
|
to search for Emacs Lisp files---used to initialize @code{load-path}.
|
|
@item EMACSPATH
|
|
A colon-separated list of directories to search for executable
|
|
files---used to initialize @code{exec-path}.
|
|
@item ESHELL
|
|
Used for shell-mode to override the @env{SHELL} environment variable.
|
|
@item HISTFILE
|
|
The name of the file that shell commands are saved in between logins.
|
|
This variable defaults to @file{~/.bash_history} if you use Bash, to
|
|
@file{~/.sh_history} if you use ksh, and to @file{~/.history}
|
|
otherwise.
|
|
@item HOME
|
|
The location of the user's files in the directory tree; used for
|
|
expansion of file names starting with a tilde (@file{~}). On MS-DOS, it
|
|
defaults to the directory from which Emacs was started, with @samp{/bin}
|
|
removed from the end if it was present. On Windows, the default value
|
|
of @env{HOME} is @file{C:/}, the root directory of drive @file{C:}.
|
|
@item HOSTNAME
|
|
The name of the machine that Emacs is running on.
|
|
@item INCPATH
|
|
A colon-separated list of directories. Used by the @code{complete} package
|
|
to search for files.
|
|
@item INFOPATH
|
|
A colon-separated list of directories in which to search for Info files.
|
|
@item LC_ALL
|
|
@itemx LC_COLLATE
|
|
@itemx LC_CTYPE
|
|
@itemx LC_MESSAGES
|
|
@itemx LC_MONETARY
|
|
@itemx LC_NUMERIC
|
|
@itemx LC_TIME
|
|
@itemx LANG
|
|
The user's preferred locale. The locale has six categories, specified
|
|
by the environment variables @env{LC_COLLATE} for sorting,
|
|
@env{LC_CTYPE} for character encoding, @env{LC_MESSAGES} for system
|
|
messages, @env{LC_MONETARY} for monetary formats, @env{LC_NUMERIC} for
|
|
numbers, and @env{LC_TIME} for dates and times. If one of these
|
|
variables is not set, the category defaults to the value of the
|
|
@env{LANG} environment variable, or to the default @samp{C} locale if
|
|
@env{LANG} is not set. But if @env{LC_ALL} is specified, it overrides
|
|
the settings of all the other locale environment variables.
|
|
|
|
On MS-Windows, if @env{LANG} is not already set in the environment
|
|
when Emacs starts, Emacs sets it based on the system-wide default
|
|
language, which you can set in the @samp{Regional Settings} Control Panel
|
|
on some versions of MS-Windows.
|
|
|
|
The value of the @env{LC_CTYPE} category is
|
|
matched against entries in @code{locale-language-names},
|
|
@code{locale-charset-language-names}, and
|
|
@code{locale-preferred-coding-systems}, to select a default language
|
|
environment and coding system. @xref{Language Environments}.
|
|
@item LOGNAME
|
|
The user's login name. See also @env{USER}.
|
|
@item MAIL
|
|
The name of the user's system mail inbox.
|
|
@item MH
|
|
Name of setup file for the mh system. (The default is @file{~/.mh_profile}.)
|
|
@item NAME
|
|
The real-world name of the user.
|
|
@item NNTPSERVER
|
|
The name of the news server. Used by the mh and Gnus packages.
|
|
@item ORGANIZATION
|
|
The name of the organization to which you belong. Used for setting the
|
|
`Organization:' header in your posts from the Gnus package.
|
|
@item PATH
|
|
A colon-separated list of directories in which executables reside. This
|
|
is used to initialize the Emacs Lisp variable @code{exec-path}.
|
|
@item PWD
|
|
If set, this should be the default directory when Emacs was started.
|
|
@item REPLYTO
|
|
If set, this specifies an initial value for the variable
|
|
@code{mail-default-reply-to}. @xref{Mail Headers}.
|
|
@item SAVEDIR
|
|
The name of a directory in which news articles are saved by default.
|
|
Used by the Gnus package.
|
|
@item SHELL
|
|
The name of an interpreter used to parse and execute programs run from
|
|
inside Emacs.
|
|
@item SMTPSERVER
|
|
The name of the outgoing mail server. Used by the SMTP library
|
|
(@pxref{Top,,Sending mail via SMTP,smtpmail}).
|
|
@cindex background mode, on @command{xterm}
|
|
@item TERM
|
|
The type of the terminal that Emacs is using. This variable must be
|
|
set unless Emacs is run in batch mode. On MS-DOS, it defaults to
|
|
@samp{internal}, which specifies a built-in terminal emulation that
|
|
handles the machine's own display. If the value of @env{TERM} indicates
|
|
that Emacs runs in non-windowed mode from @command{xterm} or a similar
|
|
terminal emulator, the background mode defaults to @samp{light}, and
|
|
Emacs will choose colors that are appropriate for a light background.
|
|
@item TERMCAP
|
|
The name of the termcap library file describing how to program the
|
|
terminal specified by the @env{TERM} variable. This defaults to
|
|
@file{/etc/termcap}.
|
|
@item TMPDIR
|
|
Used by the Emerge package as a prefix for temporary files.
|
|
@item TZ
|
|
This specifies the current time zone and possibly also daylight
|
|
saving time information. On MS-DOS, if @env{TZ} is not set in the
|
|
environment when Emacs starts, Emacs defines a default value as
|
|
appropriate for the country code returned by DOS. On MS-Windows, Emacs
|
|
does not use @env{TZ} at all.
|
|
@item USER
|
|
The user's login name. See also @env{LOGNAME}. On MS-DOS, this
|
|
defaults to @samp{root}.
|
|
@item VERSION_CONTROL
|
|
Used to initialize the @code{version-control} variable (@pxref{Backup
|
|
Names}).
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@node Misc Variables
|
|
@appendixsubsec Miscellaneous Variables
|
|
|
|
These variables are used only on particular configurations:
|
|
|
|
@table @env
|
|
@item COMSPEC
|
|
On MS-DOS and MS-Windows, the name of the command interpreter to use
|
|
when invoking batch files and commands internal to the shell. On MS-DOS
|
|
this is also used to make a default value for the @env{SHELL} environment
|
|
variable.
|
|
|
|
@item NAME
|
|
On MS-DOS, this variable defaults to the value of the @env{USER}
|
|
variable.
|
|
|
|
@item TEMP
|
|
@itemx TMP
|
|
On MS-DOS and MS-Windows, these specify the name of the directory for
|
|
storing temporary files in.
|
|
|
|
@item EMACSTEST
|
|
On MS-DOS, this specifies a file to use to log the operation of the
|
|
internal terminal emulator. This feature is useful for submitting bug
|
|
reports.
|
|
|
|
@item EMACSCOLORS
|
|
On MS-DOS, this specifies the screen colors. It is useful to set them
|
|
this way, since otherwise Emacs would display the default colors
|
|
momentarily when it starts up.
|
|
|
|
The value of this variable should be the two-character encoding of the
|
|
foreground (the first character) and the background (the second
|
|
character) colors of the default face. Each character should be the
|
|
hexadecimal code for the desired color on a standard PC text-mode
|
|
display. For example, to get blue text on a light gray background,
|
|
specify @samp{EMACSCOLORS=17}, since 1 is the code of the blue color and
|
|
7 is the code of the light gray color.
|
|
|
|
The PC display usually supports only eight background colors. However,
|
|
Emacs switches the DOS display to a mode where all 16 colors can be used
|
|
for the background, so all four bits of the background color are
|
|
actually used.
|
|
|
|
@item WINDOW_GFX
|
|
Used when initializing the Sun windows system.
|
|
|
|
@item PRELOAD_WINSOCK
|
|
On MS-Windows, if you set this variable, Emacs will load and initialize
|
|
the network library at startup, instead of waiting until the first
|
|
time it is required.
|
|
|
|
@item emacs_dir
|
|
On MS-Windows, @env{emacs_dir} is a special environment variable, which
|
|
indicates the full path of the directory in which Emacs is installed.
|
|
If Emacs is installed in the standard directory structure, it
|
|
calculates this value automatically. It is not much use setting this
|
|
variable yourself unless your installation is non-standard, since
|
|
unlike other environment variables, it will be overridden by Emacs at
|
|
startup. When setting other environment variables, such as
|
|
@env{EMACSLOADPATH}, you may find it useful to use @env{emacs_dir}
|
|
rather than hard-coding an absolute path. This allows multiple
|
|
versions of Emacs to share the same environment variable settings, and
|
|
it allows you to move the Emacs installation directory, without
|
|
changing any environment or registry settings.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@node MS-Windows Registry
|
|
@appendixsubsec The MS-Windows System Registry
|
|
@pindex addpm, MS-Windows installation program
|
|
@cindex registry, setting environment variables and resources on MS-Windows
|
|
|
|
On MS-Windows, the installation program @command{addpm.exe} adds values
|
|
for @env{emacs_dir}, @env{EMACSLOADPATH}, @env{EMACSDATA},
|
|
@env{EMACSPATH}, @env{EMACSDOC}, @env{SHELL} and @env{TERM} to the
|
|
@file{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE} section of the system registry, under
|
|
@file{/Software/GNU/Emacs}. It does this because there is no standard
|
|
place to set environment variables across different versions of
|
|
Windows. Running @command{addpm.exe} is no longer strictly
|
|
necessary in recent versions of Emacs, but if you are upgrading from
|
|
an older version, running @command{addpm.exe} ensures that you do not have
|
|
older registry entries from a previous installation, which may not be
|
|
compatible with the latest version of Emacs.
|
|
|
|
When Emacs starts, as well as checking the environment, it also checks
|
|
the System Registry for those variables and for @env{HOME}, @env{LANG}
|
|
and @env{PRELOAD_WINSOCK}.
|
|
|
|
To determine the value of those variables, Emacs goes through the
|
|
following procedure. First, the environment is checked. If the
|
|
variable is not found there, Emacs looks for registry keys by that
|
|
name under @file{/Software/GNU/Emacs}; first in the
|
|
@file{HKEY_CURRENT_USER} section of the registry, and if not found
|
|
there, in the @file{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE} section. Finally, if Emacs
|
|
still cannot determine the values, compiled-in defaults are used.
|
|
|
|
In addition to the environment variables above, you can also add many
|
|
of the settings which on X belong in the @file{.Xdefaults} file
|
|
(@pxref{X Resources}) to the @file{/Software/GNU/Emacs} registry key.
|
|
Settings you add to the @file{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE} section will affect
|
|
all users of the machine. Settings you add to the
|
|
@file{HKEY_CURRENT_USER} section will only affect you, and will
|
|
override machine wide settings.
|
|
|
|
@node Display X
|
|
@appendixsec Specifying the Display Name
|
|
@cindex display name (X Window System)
|
|
@cindex @env{DISPLAY} environment variable
|
|
|
|
The environment variable @env{DISPLAY} tells all X clients, including
|
|
Emacs, where to display their windows. Its value is set by default
|
|
in ordinary circumstances, when you start an X server and run jobs
|
|
locally. Occasionally you may need to specify the display yourself; for
|
|
example, if you do a remote login and want to run a client program
|
|
remotely, displaying on your local screen.
|
|
|
|
With Emacs, the main reason people change the default display is to
|
|
let them log into another system, run Emacs on that system, but have the
|
|
window displayed at their local terminal. You might need to log in
|
|
to another system because the files you want to edit are there, or
|
|
because the Emacs executable file you want to run is there.
|
|
|
|
The syntax of the @env{DISPLAY} environment variable is
|
|
@samp{@var{host}:@var{display}.@var{screen}}, where @var{host} is the
|
|
host name of the X Window System server machine, @var{display} is an
|
|
arbitrarily-assigned number that distinguishes your server (X terminal)
|
|
from other servers on the same machine, and @var{screen} is a
|
|
rarely-used field that allows an X server to control multiple terminal
|
|
screens. The period and the @var{screen} field are optional. If
|
|
included, @var{screen} is usually zero.
|
|
|
|
For example, if your host is named @samp{glasperle} and your server is
|
|
the first (or perhaps the only) server listed in the configuration, your
|
|
@env{DISPLAY} is @samp{glasperle:0.0}.
|
|
|
|
You can specify the display name explicitly when you run Emacs, either
|
|
by changing the @env{DISPLAY} variable, or with the option @samp{-d
|
|
@var{display}} or @samp{--display=@var{display}}. Here is an example:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
emacs --display=glasperle:0 &
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
You can inhibit the direct use of the window system and GUI with the
|
|
@samp{-nw} option. It tells Emacs to display using ordinary @acronym{ASCII} on
|
|
its controlling terminal. This is also an initial option.
|
|
|
|
Sometimes, security arrangements prevent a program on a remote system
|
|
from displaying on your local system. In this case, trying to run Emacs
|
|
produces messages like this:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
Xlib: connection to "glasperle:0.0" refused by server
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
You might be able to overcome this problem by using the @command{xhost}
|
|
command on the local system to give permission for access from your
|
|
remote machine.
|
|
|
|
@node Font X
|
|
@appendixsec Font Specification Options
|
|
@cindex font name (X Window System)
|
|
|
|
By default, Emacs displays text in a twelve point Courier font (when
|
|
using X). You can specify a different font on your command line
|
|
through the option @samp{-fn @var{name}} (or @samp{--font}, which is
|
|
an alias for @samp{-fn}).
|
|
|
|
@table @samp
|
|
@item -fn @var{name}
|
|
@opindex -fn
|
|
@itemx --font=@var{name}
|
|
@opindex --font
|
|
@cindex specify default font from the command line
|
|
Use font @var{name} as the default font.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
Under X, each font has a long name which consists of fourteen words
|
|
or numbers, separated by dashes. Some fonts also have shorter
|
|
nicknames. For instance, @samp{9x15} is such a nickname. This font
|
|
makes each character nine pixels wide and fifteen pixels high. You
|
|
can use either kind of name. Case is insignificant in both kinds.
|
|
You can use wildcard patterns for the font name; then Emacs lets X
|
|
choose one of the fonts that match the pattern. The wildcard
|
|
character @samp{*} matches any sequence of characters (including none)
|
|
and @samp{?} matches any single character. However, matching is
|
|
implementation-dependent, and can be inaccurate when wildcards match
|
|
dashes in a long name. For reliable results, supply all 14 dashes and
|
|
use wildcards only within a field. Here is an example, which happens
|
|
to specify the font whose nickname is @samp{6x13}:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
emacs -fn \
|
|
"-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-*-*-*-c-60-iso8859-1" &
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
You can also specify the font in your @file{.Xdefaults} file:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
emacs.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-*-*-*-c-60-iso8859-1
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
Note that if you use a wildcard pattern on the command line, you
|
|
need to enclose it in single or double quotes, to prevent the shell
|
|
from accidentally expanding it into a list of file names. On the
|
|
other hand, you should not quote the name in the @file{.Xdefaults}
|
|
file.
|
|
|
|
The default font used by Emacs (under X) is:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
-adobe-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
A long font name has the following form:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
-@var{maker}-@var{family}-@var{weight}-@var{slant}-@var{widthtype}-@var{style}@dots{}
|
|
@dots{}-@var{pixels}-@var{height}-@var{horiz}-@var{vert}-@var{spacing}-@var{width}-@var{registry}-@var{encoding}
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@table @var
|
|
@item maker
|
|
This is the name of the font manufacturer.
|
|
@item family
|
|
This is the name of the font family---for example, @samp{courier}.
|
|
@item weight
|
|
This is normally @samp{bold}, @samp{medium} or @samp{light}. Other
|
|
words may appear here in some font names.
|
|
@item slant
|
|
This is @samp{r} (roman), @samp{i} (italic), @samp{o} (oblique),
|
|
@samp{ri} (reverse italic), or @samp{ot} (other).
|
|
@item widthtype
|
|
This is normally @samp{condensed}, @samp{extended}, @samp{semicondensed}
|
|
or @samp{normal}. Other words may appear here in some font names.
|
|
@item style
|
|
This is an optional additional style name. Usually it is empty---most
|
|
long font names have two hyphens in a row at this point.
|
|
@item pixels
|
|
This is the font height, in pixels.
|
|
@item height
|
|
This is the font height on the screen, measured in tenths of a printer's
|
|
point---approximately 1/720 of an inch. In other words, it is the point
|
|
size of the font, times ten. For a given vertical resolution,
|
|
@var{height} and @var{pixels} are proportional; therefore, it is common
|
|
to specify just one of them and use @samp{*} for the other.
|
|
@item horiz
|
|
This is the horizontal resolution, in pixels per inch, of the screen for
|
|
which the font is intended.
|
|
@item vert
|
|
This is the vertical resolution, in pixels per inch, of the screen for
|
|
which the font is intended. Normally the resolution of the fonts on
|
|
your system is the right value for your screen; therefore, you normally
|
|
specify @samp{*} for this and @var{horiz}.
|
|
@item spacing
|
|
This is @samp{m} (monospace), @samp{p} (proportional) or @samp{c}
|
|
(character cell).
|
|
@item width
|
|
This is the average character width, in pixels, multiplied by ten.
|
|
@item registry
|
|
@itemx encoding
|
|
These together make up the X font character set that the font depicts.
|
|
(X font character sets are not the same as Emacs charsets, but they
|
|
are solutions for the same problem.) You can use the
|
|
@command{xfontsel} program to check which choices you have. However,
|
|
normally you should use @samp{iso8859} for @var{registry} and @samp{1}
|
|
for @var{encoding}.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@cindex listing system fonts
|
|
You will probably want to use a fixed-width default font---that is,
|
|
a font in which all characters have the same width. Any font with
|
|
@samp{m} or @samp{c} in the @var{spacing} field of the long name is a
|
|
fixed-width font. Here's how to use the @command{xlsfonts} program to
|
|
list all the fixed-width fonts available on your system:
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
xlsfonts -fn '*x*' | egrep "^[0-9]+x[0-9]+"
|
|
xlsfonts -fn '*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-m*'
|
|
xlsfonts -fn '*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-c*'
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
To see what a particular font looks like, use the @command{xfd} command.
|
|
For example:
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
xfd -fn 6x13
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
displays the entire font @samp{6x13}.
|
|
|
|
While running Emacs, you can set the font of the current frame
|
|
(@pxref{Frame Parameters}) or for a specific kind of text
|
|
(@pxref{Faces}).
|
|
|
|
@node Colors
|
|
@appendixsec Window Color Options
|
|
@cindex color of window
|
|
@cindex text colors, from command line
|
|
|
|
@findex list-colors-display
|
|
@cindex available colors
|
|
On a color display, you can specify which color to use for various
|
|
parts of the Emacs display. To find out what colors are available on
|
|
your system, type @kbd{M-x list-colors-display}, or press
|
|
@kbd{C-Mouse-2} and select @samp{Display Colors} from the pop-up menu.
|
|
(A particular window system might support many more colors, but the
|
|
list displayed by @code{list-colors-display} shows their portable
|
|
subset that can be safely used on any display supported by Emacs.)
|
|
If you do not specify colors, on windowed displays the default for the
|
|
background is white and the default for all other colors is black. On a
|
|
monochrome display, the foreground is black, the background is white,
|
|
and the border is gray if the display supports that. On terminals, the
|
|
background is usually black and the foreground is white.
|
|
|
|
Here is a list of the command-line options for specifying colors:
|
|
|
|
@table @samp
|
|
@item -fg @var{color}
|
|
@opindex -fg
|
|
@itemx --foreground-color=@var{color}
|
|
@opindex --foreground-color
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@cindex foreground color, command-line argument
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Specify the foreground color. @var{color} should be a standard color
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name, or a numeric specification of the color's red, green, and blue
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components as in @samp{#4682B4} or @samp{RGB:46/82/B4}.
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@item -bg @var{color}
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@opindex -bg
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@itemx --background-color=@var{color}
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@opindex --background-color
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@cindex background color, command-line argument
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Specify the background color.
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@item -bd @var{color}
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@opindex -bd
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@itemx --border-color=@var{color}
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@opindex --border-color
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@cindex border color, command-line argument
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Specify the color of the border of the X window.
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@item -cr @var{color}
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@opindex -cr
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@itemx --cursor-color=@var{color}
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@opindex --cursor-color
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@cindex cursor color, command-line argument
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|
Specify the color of the Emacs cursor which indicates where point is.
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@item -ms @var{color}
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@opindex -ms
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@itemx --mouse-color=@var{color}
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@opindex --mouse-color
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|
@cindex mouse pointer color, command-line argument
|
|
Specify the color for the mouse cursor when the mouse is in the Emacs window.
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@item -r
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@opindex -r
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@itemx -rv
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@opindex -rv
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@itemx --reverse-video
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@opindex --reverse-video
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@cindex reverse video, command-line argument
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|
Reverse video---swap the foreground and background colors.
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@item --color=@var{mode}
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@opindex --color
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@cindex standard colors on a character terminal
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|
For a character terminal only, specify the mode of color support. The
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parameter @var{mode} can be one of the following:
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@table @samp
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@item never
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@itemx no
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Don't use colors even if the terminal's capabilities specify color
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support.
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@item default
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@itemx auto
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Same as when @option{--color} is not used at all: Emacs detects at
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startup whether the terminal supports colors, and if it does, turns on
|
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colored display.
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@item always
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@itemx yes
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@itemx ansi8
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Turn on the color support unconditionally, and use color commands
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specified by the ANSI escape sequences for the 8 standard colors.
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@item @var{num}
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Use color mode for @var{num} colors. If @var{num} is -1, turn off
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color support (equivalent to @samp{never}); if it is 0, use the
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default color support for this terminal (equivalent to @samp{auto});
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otherwise use an appropriate standard mode for @var{num} colors.
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Depending on your terminal's capabilities, Emacs might be able to turn
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on a color mode for 8, 16, 88, or 256 as the value of @var{num}. If
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there is no mode that supports @var{num} colors, Emacs acts as if
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@var{num} were 0, i.e.@: it uses the terminal's default color support
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mode.
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@end table
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If @var{mode} is omitted, it defaults to @var{ansi8}.
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@end table
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For example, to use a coral mouse cursor and a slate blue text cursor,
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enter:
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@example
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emacs -ms coral -cr 'slate blue' &
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@end example
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|
You can reverse the foreground and background colors through the
|
|
@samp{-rv} option or with the X resource @samp{reverseVideo}.
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The @samp{-fg}, @samp{-bg}, and @samp{-rv} options function on
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text-only terminals as well as on window systems.
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|
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|
@node Window Size X
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|
@appendixsec Options for Window Size and Position
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@cindex geometry of Emacs window
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@cindex position and size of Emacs frame
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@cindex width and height of Emacs frame
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|
@cindex specifying fullscreen for Emacs frame
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|
|
|
Here is a list of the command-line options for specifying size and
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|
position of the initial Emacs frame:
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|
@table @samp
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@item -g @var{width}x@var{height}@r{[@{}+-@r{@}}@var{xoffset}@r{@{}+-@r{@}}@var{yoffset}@r{]]}
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@opindex -g
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|
@itemx --geometry=@var{width}x@var{height}@r{[@{}+-@r{@}}@var{xoffset}@r{@{}+-@r{@}}@var{yoffset}@r{]]}
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|
@opindex --geometry
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|
@cindex geometry, command-line argument
|
|
Specify the size @var{width} and @var{height} (measured in character
|
|
columns and lines), and positions @var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset}
|
|
(measured in pixels). This applies to all frames.
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|
|
|
@item -fs
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|
@opindex -fs
|
|
@itemx --fullscreen
|
|
@opindex --fullscreen
|
|
@cindex fullscreen, command-line argument
|
|
Specify that width and height shall be the size of the screen.
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|
|
|
@item -fh
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|
@opindex -fh
|
|
@itemx --fullheight
|
|
@opindex --fullheight
|
|
@cindex fullheight, command-line argument
|
|
Specify that the height shall be the height of the screen.
|
|
|
|
@item -fw
|
|
@opindex -fw
|
|
@itemx --fullwidth
|
|
@opindex --fullwidth
|
|
@cindex fullwidth, command-line argument
|
|
Specify that the width shall be the width of the screen.
|
|
@end table
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|
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|
@noindent
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|
In the @samp{--geometry} option, @code{@r{@{}+-@r{@}}} means either a plus
|
|
sign or a minus sign. A plus
|
|
sign before @var{xoffset} means it is the distance from the left side of
|
|
the screen; a minus sign means it counts from the right side. A plus
|
|
sign before @var{yoffset} means it is the distance from the top of the
|
|
screen, and a minus sign there indicates the distance from the bottom.
|
|
The values @var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset} may themselves be positive or
|
|
negative, but that doesn't change their meaning, only their direction.
|
|
|
|
Emacs uses the same units as @command{xterm} does to interpret the geometry.
|
|
The @var{width} and @var{height} are measured in characters, so a large font
|
|
creates a larger frame than a small font. (If you specify a proportional
|
|
font, Emacs uses its maximum bounds width as the width unit.) The
|
|
@var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset} are measured in pixels.
|
|
|
|
You do not have to specify all of the fields in the geometry
|
|
specification. If you omit both @var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset}, the
|
|
window manager decides where to put the Emacs frame, possibly by
|
|
letting you place it with the mouse. For example, @samp{164x55}
|
|
specifies a window 164 columns wide, enough for two ordinary width
|
|
windows side by side, and 55 lines tall.
|
|
|
|
The default width for Emacs is 80 characters and the default height is
|
|
40 lines. You can omit either the width or the height or both. If
|
|
you start the geometry with an integer, Emacs interprets it as the
|
|
width. If you start with an @samp{x} followed by an integer, Emacs
|
|
interprets it as the height. Thus, @samp{81} specifies just the width;
|
|
@samp{x45} specifies just the height.
|
|
|
|
If you start with @samp{+} or @samp{-}, that introduces an offset,
|
|
which means both sizes are omitted. Thus, @samp{-3} specifies the
|
|
@var{xoffset} only. (If you give just one offset, it is always
|
|
@var{xoffset}.) @samp{+3-3} specifies both the @var{xoffset} and the
|
|
@var{yoffset}, placing the frame near the bottom left of the screen.
|
|
|
|
You can specify a default for any or all of the fields in
|
|
@file{.Xdefaults} file, and then override selected fields with a
|
|
@samp{--geometry} option.
|
|
|
|
Since the mode line and the echo area occupy the last 2 lines of the
|
|
frame, the height of the initial text window is 2 less than the height
|
|
specified in your geometry. In non-X-toolkit versions of Emacs, the
|
|
menu bar also takes one line of the specified number. But in the X
|
|
toolkit version, the menu bar is additional and does not count against
|
|
the specified height. The tool bar, if present, is also additional.
|
|
|
|
Enabling or disabling the menu bar or tool bar alters the amount of
|
|
space available for ordinary text. Therefore, if Emacs starts up with
|
|
a tool bar (which is the default), and handles the geometry
|
|
specification assuming there is a tool bar, and then your
|
|
@file{~/.emacs} file disables the tool bar, you will end up with a
|
|
frame geometry different from what you asked for. To get the intended
|
|
size with no tool bar, use an X resource to specify ``no tool bar''
|
|
(@pxref{Table of Resources}); then Emacs will already know there's no
|
|
tool bar when it processes the specified geometry.
|
|
|
|
When using one of @samp{--fullscreen}, @samp{--fullwidth} or
|
|
@samp{--fullheight} there may be some space around the frame
|
|
anyway. That is because Emacs rounds the sizes so they are an
|
|
even number of character heights and widths.
|
|
|
|
Some window managers have options that can make them ignore both
|
|
program-specified and user-specified positions (sawfish is one).
|
|
If these are set, Emacs fails to position the window correctly.
|
|
|
|
@node Borders X
|
|
@appendixsec Internal and External Borders
|
|
@cindex borders (X Window System)
|
|
|
|
An Emacs frame has an internal border and an external border. The
|
|
internal border is an extra strip of the background color around the
|
|
text portion of the frame. Emacs itself draws the internal border.
|
|
The external border is added by the window manager outside the frame;
|
|
depending on the window manager you use, it may contain various boxes
|
|
you can click on to move or iconify the window.
|
|
|
|
@table @samp
|
|
@item -ib @var{width}
|
|
@opindex -ib
|
|
@itemx --internal-border=@var{width}
|
|
@opindex --internal-border
|
|
@cindex internal border width, command-line argument
|
|
Specify @var{width} as the width of the internal border (between the text
|
|
and the main border), in pixels.
|
|
|
|
@item -bw @var{width}
|
|
@opindex -bw
|
|
@itemx --border-width=@var{width}
|
|
@opindex --border-width
|
|
@cindex main border width, command-line argument
|
|
Specify @var{width} as the width of the main border, in pixels.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
When you specify the size of the frame, that does not count the
|
|
borders. The frame's position is measured from the outside edge of the
|
|
external border.
|
|
|
|
Use the @samp{-ib @var{n}} option to specify an internal border
|
|
@var{n} pixels wide. The default is 1. Use @samp{-bw @var{n}} to
|
|
specify the width of the external border (though the window manager may
|
|
not pay attention to what you specify). The default width of the
|
|
external border is 2.
|
|
|
|
@node Title X
|
|
@appendixsec Frame Titles
|
|
|
|
An Emacs frame may or may not have a specified title. The frame
|
|
title, if specified, appears in window decorations and icons as the
|
|
name of the frame. If an Emacs frame has no specified title, the
|
|
default title has the form @samp{@var{invocation-name}@@@var{machine}}
|
|
(if there is only one frame) or the selected window's buffer name (if
|
|
there is more than one frame).
|
|
|
|
You can specify a title for the initial Emacs frame with a command
|
|
line option:
|
|
|
|
@table @samp
|
|
@item -T @var{title}
|
|
@opindex -T
|
|
@itemx --title=@var{title}
|
|
@opindex --title
|
|
@cindex frame title, command-line argument
|
|
Specify @var{title} as the title for the initial Emacs frame.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
The @samp{--name} option (@pxref{Resources}) also specifies the title
|
|
for the initial Emacs frame.
|
|
|
|
@node Icons X
|
|
@appendixsec Icons
|
|
@cindex icons (X Window System)
|
|
|
|
Most window managers allow the user to ``iconify'' a frame, removing
|
|
it from sight, and leaving a small, distinctive ``icon'' window in its
|
|
place. Clicking on the icon window makes the frame itself appear again.
|
|
If you have many clients running at once, you can avoid cluttering up
|
|
the screen by iconifying most of the clients.
|
|
|
|
@table @samp
|
|
@item -i
|
|
@opindex -i
|
|
@itemx --icon-type
|
|
@opindex --icon-type
|
|
@cindex Emacs icon, a gnu
|
|
Use a picture of a gnu as the Emacs icon.
|
|
|
|
@item -iconic
|
|
@opindex --iconic
|
|
@itemx --iconic
|
|
@cindex start iconified, command-line argument
|
|
Start Emacs in iconified state.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
The @samp{-i} or @samp{--icon-type} option tells Emacs to use an icon
|
|
window containing a picture of the GNU gnu. If omitted, Emacs lets the
|
|
window manager choose what sort of icon to use---usually just a small
|
|
rectangle containing the frame's title.
|
|
|
|
The @samp{-iconic} option tells Emacs to begin running as an icon,
|
|
rather than showing a frame right away. In this situation, the icon
|
|
is the only indication that Emacs has started; the text frame doesn't
|
|
appear until you deiconify it.
|
|
|
|
@node Misc X
|
|
@appendixsec Other Display Options
|
|
|
|
@table @samp
|
|
@item -hb
|
|
@opindex -hb
|
|
@itemx --horizontal-scroll-bars
|
|
@opindex --horizontal-scroll-bars
|
|
@c @cindex horizontal scroll bars, command-line argument
|
|
Enable horizontal scroll bars. Since horizontal scroll bars
|
|
are not yet implemented, this actually does nothing.
|
|
|
|
@item -vb
|
|
@opindex -vb
|
|
@itemx --vertical-scroll-bars
|
|
@opindex --vertical-scroll-bars
|
|
@cindex vertical scroll bars, command-line argument
|
|
Enable vertical scroll bars.
|
|
|
|
@item -lsp @var{pixels}
|
|
@opindex -lsp
|
|
@itemx --line-spacing=@var{pixels}
|
|
@opindex --line-spacing
|
|
@cindex line spacing, command-line argument
|
|
Specify @var{pixels} as additional space to put between lines, in pixels.
|
|
|
|
@item -nbc
|
|
@opindex -nbc
|
|
@itemx --no-blinking-cursor
|
|
@opindex --no-blinking-cursor
|
|
@cindex blinking cursor disable, command-line argument
|
|
Disable the blinking cursor on graphical terminals.
|
|
|
|
@item -D
|
|
@opindex -D
|
|
@itemx --basic-display
|
|
@opindex --basic-display
|
|
Disable the menu-bar, the tool-bar, the scroll-bars, and tool tips,
|
|
and turn off the blinking cursor. This can be useful for making a
|
|
test case that simplifies debugging of display problems.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
The @samp{--xrm} option (@pxref{Resources}) specifies additional
|
|
X resource values.
|
|
|
|
@ignore
|
|
arch-tag: fffecd9e-7329-4a51-a3cc-dd4a9889340e
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@end ignore
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