/**************************************************************************** ** ** Copyright (c) 2013 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies). ** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal ** ** This file is part of Qt Creator ** ** ** GNU Free Documentation License ** ** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Free ** Documentation License version 1.3 as published by the Free Software ** Foundation and appearing in the file included in the packaging of this ** file. ** ** ****************************************************************************/ // ********************************************************************** // NOTE: the sections are not ordered by their logical order to avoid // reshuffling the file each time the index order changes (i.e., often). // Run the fixnavi.pl script to adjust the links to the index order. // ********************************************************************** /*! \contentspage index.html \previouspage creator-project-generic.html \page creator-cli.html \nextpage creator-keyboard-shortcuts.html \title Using Command Line Options You can start \QC and specify some options from the command line. For example, you can open a file to any line. To specify command line options, enter the following command in the \QC installation or build directory: \c {qtcreator [option] [filename[:line_number]]} \note You can use either a colon (:) or a plus sign (+) as a separator between the filename and line number. You can also use a space between the separator and the line number. For example: \list \o \c {C:\qtcreator\bin>qtcreator -help} \o \c {C:\qtcreator\bin>qtcreator C:\TextFinder\textfinder.cpp:100} \o \c {C:\qtcreator\bin>qtcreator C:\TextFinder\textfinder.cpp +100} \endlist The following table summarizes the available options: \table \header \o Option \o Description \row \o -help \o Display help on command line options. \row \o -version \o Display \QC version. \row \o -client \o Attempt to connect to an already running instance of \QC. \row \o -noload \o Do not load the specified plugin. \row \o -profile \o Output plugin start up and shut down profiling data. \row \o -settingspath \o Override the default path where user settings are stored. \row \o -color \o Core plugin: override the selected UI color. \row \o -debug \o Debugger plugin: attach to process ID or core file. \row \o -wincrashevent \o Debugger plugin: Attach to crashed processes by using the specified event handle. \row \o -customwizard-verbose \o ProjectExplorer plugin: display additional information when loading custom wizards. For more information about custom wizards, see \l{Adding New Custom Wizards} \row \o -lastsession \o ProjectExplorer plugin: load the last session when \QC starts. Open the projects and files that were open when you last exited \QC. For more information about managing sessions, see \l{Managing Sessions}. \endtable */