5 Command Line Arguments

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The command line options are simply shorthand for setting the X-resources.

--user-file file

Uses file as the user description, -f is an alias for --user-file.

--system-file file

Uses file as the system description file.

--icon-file-path dir_1:dir_2:…

Sets the iconFilePath resource to be the list of colon separated directories. Note that each directory must have the trailing separator '/'.

--help-file-path dir_1:dir_2:…

Sets the helpFilePath resource to be the colon separated list of directories. Note that each directory must have the trailing separator '/'.

--reminder-file file

Uses file as the file in which to store reminders.

--status-area

Uses a status area to present information to the user.

--dialogs

Uses dialogs to present information to the user.

--console

Send the messages to stdout.

--error

Sets the level of reported messages to allow error messages only.

--warn

Allows the user to see both error and warning messages.

--info

Any information messages generated by rTc are also visible (as well as errors and warnings). Information messages include output generated by an executed program.

--beginner

Simplifies the user interface a little (hardly visible), and enforces only error messages to be passed to the user.

--expert

removes the restrictions that --beginner sets.

--single

only runs rTc on the current display.

--help

prints out a usage message, -h is an alias for this.

--mbeep

switched on message beeps.

--no-mbeep

switched off message beeps.

--ebeep

switched on execute beeps.

--no-ebeep

switched off execute beeps.

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