<h2 tag="startup-options">Command-line options</h2>
<p>
- Command-line options can be passed to &dactyl.appName; via the -&dactyl.name; &dactyl.host;
+ Command-line options can be passed to &dactyl.appName; via the <em>-&dactyl.name;</em> &dactyl.host;
option. These are passed as single string argument.
E.g., <tt>&dactyl.hostbin; -&dactyl.name; <str><t>++cmd</t> 'set exrc' <t>+u</t> 'tempRcFile' <t>++noplugin</t></str></tt>
</p>
+<p>
+ The <em>-&dactyl.name;-remote</em> command-line option can be used to
+ execute a single Ex command in an already running Pentadactyl instance.
+</p>
+
<item>
<tags>+c</tags>
<strut/>
</description>
</item>
+<item>
+ <tags>+purgecaches</tags>
+ <strut/>
+ <spec>+purgecaches</spec>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Purges &dactyl.appName; caches at startup. May occasionally be
+ necessary after making local changes to the source tree.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+</item>
+
<h2 tag="initialization startup">Initialization</h2>
<p>At startup, &dactyl.appName; completes the following tasks in order. </p>
repository, this is a good way to update to the latest version or
to test your changes.
</p>
+
<p>
Any arguments supplied are parsed as command-line arguments as
specified in <t>startup-options</t>.
</p>
+
<warning>
Not all plugins are designed to cleanly un-apply during a rehash.
While official plugins are safe, beware of possible instability
<item>
<tags>:res :restart</tags>
- <spec>:res<oa>tart</oa></spec>
+ <spec>:res<oa>tart</oa> <oa>arg</oa> …</spec>
<description short="true">
<p>Force &dactyl.host; to restart. Useful when installing extensions.</p>
+
+ <p>
+ Any arguments supplied are parsed as command-line arguments as
+ specified in <t>startup-options</t>.
+ </p>
</description>
</item>