@cindex switches (command line)
@cindex startup (command line arguments)
@cindex invocation (command line arguments)
-@c FIXME: Document `--smid'? --xfq
+@c FIXME: Document '--smid'? --xfq
Emacs supports command line arguments to request various actions
when invoking Emacs. These are for compatibility with other editors
variables to be set, but it uses their values if they are set.
@c This used to be @vtable, but that enters the variables alone into
-@c the Variable Index, which in some cases, like ``HOME'', might be
-@c confused with keys by that name, and other cases, like ``NAME'',
+@c the Variable Index, which in some cases, like HOME, might be
+@c confused with keys by that name, and other cases, like NAME,
@c might be confused with general-purpose phrases.
@table @env
@item CDPATH
@item ORGANIZATION
@vindex ORGANIZATION, environment variable
The name of the organization to which you belong. Used for setting the
-`Organization:' header in your posts from the Gnus package.
+@samp{Organization:} header in your posts from the Gnus package.
@item PATH
@vindex PATH, environment variable
A colon-separated list of directories containing executable files.
@end table
When passing a font name to Emacs on the command line, you may need to
-``quote'' it, by enclosing it in quotation marks, if it contains
+quote it, by enclosing it in quotation marks, if it contains
characters that the shell treats specially (e.g., spaces). For
example:
When using one of @samp{--fullscreen}, @samp{--maximized},
@samp{--fullwidth} or @samp{--fullheight}, some window managers require
you to set the variable @code{frame-resize-pixelwise} to a non-@code{nil}
-value to make a frame appear truly ``maximized'' or ``fullscreen''.
+value to make a frame appear truly maximized or fullscreen.
Some window managers have options that can make them ignore both
program-specified and user-specified positions. If these are set,
@opindex --iconic
@itemx --iconic
@cindex start iconified, command-line argument
-Start Emacs in an iconified (``minimized'') state.
+Start Emacs in an iconified state.
@item -nbi
@opindex -nbi
Disable the use of the Emacs icon.
@end table
- Most window managers allow you to ``iconify'' (or ``minimize'') an
+ Most window managers allow you to iconify (or minimize) an
Emacs frame, hiding it from sight. Some window managers replace
-iconified windows with tiny ``icons'', while others remove them
+iconified windows with tiny icons, while others remove them
entirely from sight. The @samp{-iconic} option tells Emacs to begin
running in an iconified state, rather than showing a frame right away.
-The text frame doesn't appear until you deiconify (or ``un-minimize'')
+The text frame doesn't appear until you deiconify (or un-minimize)
it.
By default, Emacs uses an icon containing the Emacs logo. On