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Command Line
In addition to well known passing of the file names as parameter in command line there are some others that can be interesting:
| Short | Long | Needs parameter | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| -m | --new-instance | start another instance | |
| --config | yes | set configuration directory | |
| --init | initialize all cached properties | ||
| --prefetch | prefetch cached properties cached properties | ||
| --silent | do not show main window (useful, if only settings are manipulated) | ||
| --register_file_previewer | register file extensions with HippoEDIT file previewer | ||
| --unregister_file_previewer | unregister HippoEDIT file previewer associations | ||
| --portable | run application in portable mode (no *.tmp files) | ||
| --debug | enables debug mode. Has nothing to do with real debugging, just enables some traces | ||
| -d | --directory | yes | set current directory |
| --title | yes | append 'title' to the main window title bar | |
| -u | --no-recent | do not add the file to the Recent Files list | |
| -w | --workspace | yes | name of saved workspace, if empty, no would be loaded |
| --project | yes | name of saved project, if empty, project will be created | |
| --install | yes | name of bundle file, if empty, nothing will be installed | |
| -h | --help | produce help message | |
| --close_all | close all documents | ||
| -s | --save_all | saves all modified documents | |
| -i | --input-file | yes | input files |
| -v | --recursive | process also sub-folders for mask file open | |
| -x | --exclude | yes | exclude mask for mask open |
| -l | --line | yes | cursor position line number |
| -c | --column | yes | cursor position column number |
| -r | --read-only | read-only mode | |
| -t | --type | yes | syntax to apply to passed files |
| -e | --encoding | yes | sets an encoding for file |
| -n | --new | creates new file | |
| -o | --open | calls File Open dialog | |
| --paste | paste clipboard content | ||
| --find | yes | search current document | |
| --landscape | yes | set landscape/portrait orientation for printing. the argument should be used together with --print (-p) or --print_to | |
| --print_to | yes | call Print to dialog, where argument equal to name of printer where you want to print | |
| -p | direct print | ||
| --minimized | start minimized(iconized) |
All parameters can be combined and used together.
If you use parameters containing spaces (as path names), they should be surrounded by double quotes:
HippoEdit.exe “D:\My Projects\test.txt” -l 10 -c 10
Example:
HippoEdit.exe –workspace=viewer D:\Projects\binU\HippoEdit.config -l 10 -c 10
You can always get available list of command line parameters by calling hippoedit.exe with parameter --help.