Command Line Options
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Command Line Options

Though KEdit may most often be started from the KDE program menu, or a desktop icon, it can also be opened at the command line prompt of a terminal window. There are a few useful options that are available when doing this.

Specify a File

By specifying the path and name of a particular file the user can have KEdit open (or create) that file immediately upon startup.This option might look something like the following:

%kedit /home/myhome/docs/myfile.txt

Specify a file on the Internet

The above-mentioned method could even be used to open files on the internet (if the user has an active connection at the time.) An example of this might look like the following:

%kedit ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/Welcome.msg

Other Command Line Options

The following command line help options are available

kedit --help

This lists the most basic options available at the command line.

kedit --help-qt

This lists the options available for changing the way KEdit interacts with Qt™.

kedit --help-kde

This lists the options available for changing the way KEdit interacts with KDE.

kedit --help-all

This lists all of the command line options.

kedit --author

Lists KEdit's authors in the terminal window

kedit --version

Lists version information for Qt™, KDE, and KEdit. Also available through kedit -V

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