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		<title>Timmr99 at 15:09, 25 August 2015</title>
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		<title>Timmr99: Created page with &quot;&lt;pre&gt; Usage: c:\emacs-24.5\bin\emacs.exe [OPTION-OR-FILENAME]...  Run Emacs, the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor.  The recommended way to s...&quot;</title>
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Usage: c:\emacs-24.5\bin\emacs.exe [OPTION-OR-FILENAME]...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Run Emacs, the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time&lt;br /&gt;
display editor.  The recommended way to start Emacs for normal editing&lt;br /&gt;
is with no options at all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Run M-x info RET m emacs RET m emacs invocation RET inside Emacs to&lt;br /&gt;
read the main documentation for these command-line arguments.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Initialization options:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--batch                     do not do interactive display; implies -q&lt;br /&gt;
--chdir DIR                 change to directory DIR&lt;br /&gt;
--daemon                    start a server in the background&lt;br /&gt;
--debug-init                enable Emacs Lisp debugger for init file&lt;br /&gt;
--display, -d DISPLAY       use X server DISPLAY&lt;br /&gt;
--no-desktop                do not load a saved desktop&lt;br /&gt;
--no-init-file, -q          load neither ~/.emacs nor default.el&lt;br /&gt;
--no-loadup, -nl            do not load loadup.el into bare Emacs&lt;br /&gt;
--no-site-file              do not load site-start.el&lt;br /&gt;
--no-site-lisp, -nsl        do not add site-lisp directories to load-path&lt;br /&gt;
--no-splash                 do not display a splash screen on startup&lt;br /&gt;
--no-window-system, -nw     do not communicate with X, ignoring $DISPLAY&lt;br /&gt;
--quick, -Q                 equivalent to:&lt;br /&gt;
                              -q --no-site-file --no-site-lisp --no-splash&lt;br /&gt;
--script FILE               run FILE as an Emacs Lisp script&lt;br /&gt;
--terminal, -t DEVICE       use DEVICE for terminal I/O&lt;br /&gt;
--user, -u USER             load ~USER/.emacs instead of your own&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Action options:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
FILE                    visit FILE using find-file&lt;br /&gt;
+LINE                   go to line LINE in next FILE&lt;br /&gt;
+LINE:COLUMN            go to line LINE, column COLUMN, in next FILE&lt;br /&gt;
--directory, -L DIR     prepend DIR to load-path (with :DIR, append DIR)&lt;br /&gt;
--eval EXPR             evaluate Emacs Lisp expression EXPR&lt;br /&gt;
--execute EXPR          evaluate Emacs Lisp expression EXPR&lt;br /&gt;
--file FILE             visit FILE using find-file&lt;br /&gt;
--find-file FILE        visit FILE using find-file&lt;br /&gt;
--funcall, -f FUNC      call Emacs Lisp function FUNC with no arguments&lt;br /&gt;
--insert FILE           insert contents of FILE into current buffer&lt;br /&gt;
--kill                  exit without asking for confirmation&lt;br /&gt;
--load, -l FILE         load Emacs Lisp FILE using the load function&lt;br /&gt;
--visit FILE            visit FILE using find-file&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Display options:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--background-color, -bg COLOR   window background color&lt;br /&gt;
--basic-display, -D             disable many display features;&lt;br /&gt;
                                  used for debugging Emacs&lt;br /&gt;
--border-color, -bd COLOR       main border color&lt;br /&gt;
--border-width, -bw WIDTH       width of main border&lt;br /&gt;
--color, --color=MODE           override color mode for character terminals;&lt;br /&gt;
                                  MODE defaults to `auto', and&lt;br /&gt;
                                  can also be `never', `always',&lt;br /&gt;
                                  or a mode name like `ansi8'&lt;br /&gt;
--cursor-color, -cr COLOR       color of the Emacs cursor indicating point&lt;br /&gt;
--font, -fn FONT                default font; must be fixed-width&lt;br /&gt;
--foreground-color, -fg COLOR   window foreground color&lt;br /&gt;
--fullheight, -fh               make the first frame high as the screen&lt;br /&gt;
--fullscreen, -fs               make the first frame fullscreen&lt;br /&gt;
--fullwidth, -fw                make the first frame wide as the screen&lt;br /&gt;
--maximized, -mm                make the first frame maximized&lt;br /&gt;
--geometry, -g GEOMETRY         window geometry&lt;br /&gt;
--no-bitmap-icon, -nbi          do not use picture of gnu for Emacs icon&lt;br /&gt;
--iconic                        start Emacs in iconified state&lt;br /&gt;
--internal-border, -ib WIDTH    width between text and main border&lt;br /&gt;
--line-spacing, -lsp PIXELS     additional space to put between lines&lt;br /&gt;
--mouse-color, -ms COLOR        mouse cursor color in Emacs window&lt;br /&gt;
--name NAME                     title for initial Emacs frame&lt;br /&gt;
--no-blinking-cursor, -nbc      disable blinking cursor&lt;br /&gt;
--reverse-video, -r, -rv        switch foreground and background&lt;br /&gt;
--title, -T TITLE               title for initial Emacs frame&lt;br /&gt;
--vertical-scroll-bars, -vb     enable vertical scroll bars&lt;br /&gt;
--xrm XRESOURCES                set additional X resources&lt;br /&gt;
--parent-id XID                 set parent window&lt;br /&gt;
--help                          display this help and exit&lt;br /&gt;
--version                       output version information and exit&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You can generally also specify long option names with a single -; for&lt;br /&gt;
example, -batch as well as --batch.  You can use any unambiguous&lt;br /&gt;
abbreviation for a --option.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Various environment variables and window system resources also affect&lt;br /&gt;
the operation of Emacs.  See the main documentation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Report bugs to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org.  First, please see the Bugs&lt;br /&gt;
section of the Emacs manual or the file BUGS.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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