GOLDED(1)GOLDED(1)NAMEgolded - offline message reader for Fidonet and Usenet
SYNOPSISgolded [-options] [keystacking]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the command line parameters of
GoldEd+ (binary file golded).
OPTIONS
All options is case-insensitive.
-? or -H
Displays a help screen with all available commandline options.
-C<configfile>
Specifies another configuration file than the default
GOLDED.CFG.
-D Disable old configuration keywords. For backward compatibility,
GoldED+ still supports a number of old names for some configura‐
tion keywords. I recommend that you use -D sometimes and rename
the keywords that are reported as unknown.
-E<echoid>
If specified, GoldED+ starts directly in the specified echo,
bypassing the arealist screen. See the AREASTART configuration
keyword for more info.
-EXPORTSOUP
Calls the SOUP packet export feature during the startup phase.
This is the same as starting it from the areascan SOUP
Packet->Export menu item. The SOUP export happens immediately
after the regular startup area scanning (if that is enabled) and
after SOUP import.
-F Force recompile of most configuration files, but not all. Does
not recompile the *.CHS files.
-FF Force complete recompile of all configuration files, regardless
of whether they are up-to-date or not. This is equivalent to
deleting all the *.GE? files.
-INSTALL[=path]
Start the quick install procedure. You should give a path to
your other mail software if it cannot be found using environment
variables or in current directory.
-IMPORTSOUP
Calls the SOUP packet import feature during the startup phase.
This is the same as starting it from the areascan SOUP
Packet->Import menu item. The SOUP import happens immediately
after the regular startup area scanning (if that is enabled).
-M Mute sounds. Disables all noises in GoldED+.
-N No share. If used, this prevents GoldED+ from using SHARE com‐
patible file-open calls, which are used by default. Works only
until the SHAREMODE keyword is used in GOLDED.CFG. This keyword
is normally not useful, but may be used to debug your setup or
something.
-NOSCAN
Disable the automatic startup area scanning (if that is
enabled). This is useful for automated SOUP import/export in a
batch file. For example, -noscan -importsoup @x y imports SOUP
then exits.
-Q Quiet. Turns off verbose config compile. On by default. This
could be used on the commandline to disable a -B -V option in
the GEDCMD environment variable.
-S<sortspec>
Sort all areas according to -IR <sortspec> . See the AREALIST‐
SORT config keyword for details.
-T<seconds>
Set the timeout value. A value of zero (0) means never timeout.
See the TIMEOUT config keyword for details.
-V Turns on verbose config compile. When used, GoldED+ will display
the full filename of each main config file it compiles. It also
displays the name of the detected multitasker, if any. This can
be useful for debugging your setup, and see if GoldED+ accesses
the files (especially the AREAFILE's) it is supposed to. -VV
Same as -V, but also displays all the active lines while compil‐
ing. This could be used to find the exact spot if it crashes or
stops while compiling.
-W If used, GoldED+ will create (and overwrite if existing) the
file GOLDAREA.INC, which will then contain all areas in the
AREADEF form, sorted by your AREALISTSORT specification. This is
very useful for converting your AREAFILE's to a form you can
edit with your favorite text editor and use in GoldED+. It is
also useful if you have used the new AREADESC keyword or the
AREAFILE EchoList reader. The GOLDAREA.INC file (created in the
GOLDPATH) can be used by adding INCLUDE GOLDAREA.INC to your
GOLDED.CFG or GOLDAREA.CFG. When creating the file, GoldED+ will
use . if an aka is the same as the main aka, and leave out the
optional origin if it's the same as the first ORIGIN in your
GOLDED.CFG. This makes it easier to share the same GOLDAREA.INC
between different setups.
-X, -Y, -Z
Reserved for debugging purposes.
COMMANDLINE KEYSTACKING
Any non-option characters on the commandline are stuffed into the key‐
board buffer. See the chapter on keyboard definition and the KEYBSTACK
keyword for more info.
ENVIRONMENT
GOLDED Path to the GOLDED.CFG file. It is recommended to set this vari‐
able, but don't forget to change it if you move your GoldED+
setup to a different directory!
GEDCMD Specifies additional commandline options. Use this if you want
to specify options, but need to run GoldED without them (for
example when renaming GOLDED.EXE to DBEDIT.EXE in older versions
of D'Bridge). You can override the environment options with com‐
mandline options.
SEE ALSOrddt(1), goldnode(1), Golded+ User Manual and GoldED+ Reference Manual.
AUTHOR
GoldEd is copyright (C) 1990-1999 Odinn Sorensen
GoldEd+ is copyright (C) 1999-2001 Alexander S. Aganichev
GoldEd+ 1.1.5 is copyright (C) 2005 Stas Degteff and Golded+ team
This manual page was written by Peter Karlsson and updated by Stas
Degteff
September, 10 2005 GOLDED(1)
