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<h3 class="section">Options</h3>

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     <br><dt><code>-alldirections/+alldirections</code>
     <dd>Disables or enables line clipping to 45 degree angles. Overwrites the
resource <em>allDirectionLines</em>.

     <br><dt><code>-background file</code>
     <dd>Selects a PPM file to be displayed as the board background (for tracing). 
See backgroundImage in <a href="Resources.html#Resources">Resources</a> for details.

     <br><dt><code>-backup value</code>
     <dd>Time between two backups in seconds. Passing zero disables the backup feature. 
Overwrites the resource <em>backupInterval</em>.

     <br><dt><code>-c value</code>
     <dd>Number of characters per output line. The resource <em>charactersPerLine</em> is
overwritten.

     <br><dt><code>-fontfile filename</code>
     <dd>The default set of symbols (font) for a new layout is read from this file. 
All directories as defined by the resource <em>fontPath</em> are scanned
for the file. The scan is only performed if the filename doesn't contain
a directory component. The <em>fontFile</em> resource is changed.

     <br><dt><code>-lelement command-line</code>
     <dd>Sets the command to be executed when an element is loaded from a file to the
paste buffer. The command may contain %f and %p to pass the requested filename
and the searchpath to the command. It must write the data to its
standard output. The related resource is <em>elementCommand</em>.

     <br><dt><code>-lfile command-line</code>
     <dd>Sets the command to be executed when a new layout is loaded from a file. 
The command may contain %f and %p to pass the requested filename
and the searchpath to the command. It must write the data to its
standard output. The related resource is <em>fileCommand</em>.

     <br><dt><code>-lfont command-line</code>
     <dd>Sets the command to be executed when a font is loaded from a file. 
The command may contain %f and %p to pass the requested filename
and the searchpath to the command. It must write the data to its
standard output. The related resource is <em>fontCommand</em>.

     <br><dt><code>-lg layergroups</code>
     <dd>This option overwrites the resource <em>layerGroups</em>. See its description
for more information. The value is used for new layouts only.

     <br><dt><code>-libname filename</code>
     <dd>The default filename for the library. Overwrites the resource
<em>libraryFilename</em>.

     <br><dt><code>-libpath path</code>
     <dd>The default search path for the the library. Overwrites the resource
<em>libraryPath</em>.

     <br><dt><code>-llib command-line</code>
     <dd>Sets the command to be executed when an element is loaded from the library. 
The command may contain %f and %p to pass the requested filename
and the searchpath to the command. %a is replaces by the three arguments
<em>template</em>, <em>value</em> and <em>package</em>. The command must write
the data to its standard output. The related resource is <em>libraryCommand</em>.

     <br><dt><code>-llibcont command-line</code>
     <dd>The command lists the contents of the library. 
The command may contain %f and %p to pass the library filename
and the searchpath to the command. Also refer to <a href="Library-File.html#Library%20File">Library File</a>
and <a href="Library-Contents-File.html#Library%20Contents%20File">Library Contents File</a>. 
The related resource is <em>libraryContentsCommand</em>.

     <br><dt><code>-loggeometry geometry</code>
     <dd>Determines the geometry of the log window.

     <br><dt><code>-pnl value</code>
     <dd>Restricts the displayed length of the name of a pin in the pinout window to
the passed value. See also, the resource <em>pinoutNameLength</em>.

     <br><dt><code>-pz value</code>
     <dd>Sets the zoom factor for the pinout window according to the formula:
scale = 1:(2 power value). The related resource is <em>pinoutZoom</em>.

     <br><dt><code>-reset/+reset</code>
     <dd>If enabled, all connections are reset after each element is scanned. 
This feature is only used while scanning connections to all elements. 
See also, <em>resetAfterElement</em>.

     <br><dt><code>-ring/+ring</code>
     <dd>Overrides the resource <em>ringBellWhenFinished</em>. If enabled, the bell
sounds when connection searching has finished.

     <br><dt><code>-rs string</code>
     <dd>Overrides the resource <em>routeStyle</em>. The string defines a colon
separated list of route styles. The route styles consist of a
comma separated list of name, line thickness, via diameter, and via drill size. 
e.g. "Fat,50,100,40:Skinny,8,35,20:75Ohm,110,110,20"

     <br><dt><code>-s/+s</code>
     <dd>Enables/Disables the saving of the previous commandline. Overrides the
<em>saveLastCommand</em> resource.

     <br><dt><code>-save/+save</code>
     <dd>See the resource description of <em>saveInTMP</em> for details.

     <br><dt><code>-sfile command-line</code>
     <dd>Sets the command to be executed when an layout file is saved. 
The command may contain %f which is replaced by the filename. The command
must read its data from the standard input. 
The resource <em>saveCommand</em> is overwritten.

     <br><dt><code>-script filename</code>
     <dd>Specifies a script file containing PCB actions to be executed
upon startup.  Overwrites the resource
<em>scriptFilename</em>.

     <br><dt><code>-size &lt;width&gt;x&lt;height&gt;</code>
     <dd>Overrides the resource <em>size</em> which determines the maximum size
of a layout.

     <br><dt><code>-v value</code>
     <dd>Sets the volume of the X speaker. The value is passed to <code>XBell()</code> and
must be in the range -100..100.

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