Command Line Options

The FTE command line syntax is:

`fte [[options] [files] ...]`

# Options

`-lline[,column]`
  Go to line (and column) in next file specified on command line
`-m[MOD]E`
  Use mode `MODE` for remaining files. If no argument is specified, mode override is cancelled.
`-C[file]`
  Use specified configuration file (compiled). If no argument is specified, the default builtin configuration is used.
`-D[file.dsk]`
  Load/save desktop from file `file.dsk`. If no argument is specified, desktop loading/saving is disabled.
`-H[file.his]`
  Load/save history from file <.his>. If no argument, disable history load/save.
`-Ttags`
  Load tags file `tags`. The file must be in the format generated by the ctags program.
`-ttag`
  Lookup tag `tag` and display file containing it.
`--`
  The rest of the arguments are not options, but filenames.
`-+`
  The next argument is not an option even if starting with a '-'.

Optional arguments are marked by [ and ] brackets.

There should not be any delimiter between option and it's arguments.

# Examples

`fte -mBIN fte.exe`
  load fte.exe in BIN mode
`fte -l100,30 win.c`
  go to (100,30) in win.c
`fte window.cpp`
  load file window.cpp
`fte -mBIN fte.exe -m fte.cpp`
  load fte.exe in binary mode, window.cpp in default mode (C/C++)
`fte -mBIN -+ -bla-`
  load file -bla- in BIN mode
`fte -- -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6`
  load files -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6
`fte -D -H fte.dsk fte.his`
  Disable desktop and history loading and saving and load files `fte.dsk` and `fte.his`.

Under OS/2,NT and DOS default history and desktop files are named `FTE.DSK` and `FTE.HIS` respectively. Under Unix they are named `.fte-desktop` and `.fte-history`. The global desktop and history files will be searched in program directory under OS/2 and in user home directory under Unix.