emacs <filepaths>
An extensible, customizable, free/libre text editor — and more
Arguments
| Name | Description |
|---|
filepaths | filepaths |
Options
| Name | Description |
|---|
--batch | Do not do interactive display; implies -q |
--chdir | Change to directory |
--daemon, --bg-daemon | Start a server in the background |
--fg-daemon | Start a server in the foreground |
--version | Display Emacs version information and exit |
--help | Display help and exit |
-q, --no-init-file | Do not load an init file |
-nl, --no-shared-memory | Do not use shared memory |
--no-site-file, -nsl | Do not load the site-wide startup file |
--no-desktop | Do not load a saved desktop |
-Q, --quick | Similar to "-q --no-site-file --no-splash", Also, avoid processing X resources |
--no-splash | Do not display a splash screen during start-u |
--debug-init | Enable Emacs Lisp debugger during the processing of the user init file ~/.emacs. This is useful for debugging problems in the init file |
-u, --user | Load user's init file |
-t, --terminal <arg> | Use specified file as the terminal instead of using stdin/stdout. This must be the first argument specified in the command line |
--file, --find-file, --visit <arg> | The same as specifying file directly as an argument |