The FTE command line syntax is:
fte [[options] [files] ...]
- -lline[,column]
- Go to line (and column) in next file specified on command line
- -m[MOD]E
- Use mode MODE for remaining files. If no argument is
specified, mode override is cancelled.
- -C[file]
- Use specified configuration file (compiled). If no argument is specified,
the default builtin configuration is used.
- -D[file.dsk]
- Load/save desktop from file file.dsk. If no argument is specified, desktop loading/saving
is disabled.
- -H[file.his]
- Load/save history from file <.his>. If no argument, disable history load/save.
- -Ttags
- Load tags file tags. The file must be in the format generated
by the ctags program.
- -ttag
- Lookup tag tag and display file containing it.
- --
- The rest of the arguments are not options, but filenames.
- -+
- The next argument is not an option even if starting with a '-'.
Optional arguments are marked by [ and ] brackets.
There should not be any delimiter between option and it's arguments.
- fte -mBIN fte.exe
- load fte.exe in BIN mode
- fte -l100,30 win.c
- go to (100,30) in win.c
- fte window.cpp
- load file window.cpp
- fte -mBIN fte.exe -m fte.cpp
- load fte.exe in binary mode, window.cpp in default mode (C/C++)
- fte -mBIN -+ -bla-
- load file -bla- in BIN mode
- fte -- -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6
- load files -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6
- fte -D -H fte.dsk fte.his
- Disable desktop and history loading and saving and load files
fte.dsk and fte.his.
Under OS/2,NT and DOS default history and desktop files are
named FTE.DSK and FTE.HIS respectively. Under Unix they
are named .fte-desktop and .fte-history. The global
desktop and history files will be searched in program directory under
OS/2 and in user home directory under Unix.