NEdit Command Line Arguments

The syntax of the NEdit command line under UNIX is:

nedit [-tags file] [-tabs n] [-wrap] [-nowrap] [-autosave] [-noautosave]
      [-autoindent] [-noautoindent] [-rows n] [-columns n] [-font font]
      [-xrm resourcestring] [-display [host]:server[.screen]
      [-geometry geometry] [file...]

NEdit Command Line Options

    -tags file -- Load a file of directions for finding definitions of program
      subroutines and data objects.  The file must be of the format generated
      by the UNIX ctags command.

    -tabs n -- Set tab stops every n characters.

    -wrap, -nowrap  -- Wrap lines at the right edge of the window rather than
      continuing them past it.

    -autoindent, -noautoindent -- Maintain a running indent.

    -autosave, -noautosave -- Maintain a backup copy of the file being edited
      under the name ~filename

    -rows n -- Default width in characters for an editing window

    -columns n -- Default height in characters for an editing window

    -font font (or -fn font) -- Font for text being edited (Set font menu and dialog font with -xrm "*fontList:font")

    -display [host]:server[.screen] -- The name of 
the X server to use.  host specifies the machine; server 
specifies the display server number; and screen specifies the screen 
number.  You may omit host or screen and default to the local 
machine, and screen 0.

    -geometry geometry (or -g geometry) -- The initial size and location of
      the application window.  The argument geometry has the form:

      [x][+|-][[+|-]]

      Where  and  are the desired width and height of the
      window, and  and  are the distance from the edge of 
the window.


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