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     Commandline syntax: GOLDED/GED386/GED2 [options] [keystacking] 

                           Available options:


 -?              Displays a help screen with all available commandline
                 options.

 -C<configname>  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 configuration 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.

 -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.

 -H  Same as option -?.

 -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.

                  Please see the INSTALL.DOC document for information about
                  the quick install procedure.

 -IMPORTSOUP      Calls the SOUP packet import feature during the start-
                  up 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. Disables all sounds in GoldED.

 -N               No share. If used, this prevents GoldED from using
                  SHARE compatible 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.

 -O<ovlsize>      Specifies the overlay size for GoldED (the default is
                  approximately 64K). Higher values (up to about 300K)
                  causes GoldED  to run faster and use more memory. Lower
                  values (down to about 32K) makes it run slower, but use
                  less memory. Check the "memory meter" on the right side
                  of the statusline to see how much memory is free at any
                  given time. The memory meter value should be *minimum*
                  50-100k or more for best performance and insurance
                  against "out of memory" errors. The lower memory meter
                  value, the  higher risk of out of memory errors...

                  This option is ignored by the 386 and OS/2 versions.

 -Q               Quiet. Turns off verbose config compile. On by default.
                  This could be used on the commandline to disable a
                  -V(erbose) option in the GEDCMD environment variable.

 -S<sortspec>     Sort all areas according to <sortspec>. See the
                  AREALISTSORT  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 compiling. 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               Reserved for debugging purposes.

 -Y               Reserved for debugging purposes.

 -Z               Reserved for debugging purposes.


                         Commandline keystacking 

       Any non-option characters on the commandline are stuffed into the
       keyboard buffer. See the  chapter on keyboard definition  and the
       KEYBSTACK keyword for more info.

       Example: GOLDED @S A

       Makes GoldED  go to  the area  scanning menu  <Alt-S>, and select
       scanning of <A> all areas.

       See the Macros and Keystacking chapter for more info.