GOLDED(1)                                                            GOLDED(1)



NAME
       golded - offline message reader for Fidonet and Usenet

SYNOPSIS
       golded [-options] [keystacking]

DESCRIPTION
       This  manual  page  documents  briefly  the  command line parameters of
       GoldEd+ (binary file golded).

OPTIONS
       All options is case-insensitive.

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

       -C<configfile>
              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 configura-
              tion  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.

       -EXPORTSOUP
              Calls the SOUP packet export feature during the  startup  phase.
              This  is  the  same  as  starting  it  from  the  areascan  SOUP
              Packet->Export menu item. The SOUP  export  happens  immediately
              after the regular startup area scanning (if that is enabled) and
              after SOUP import.

       -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.

       -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.

       -IMPORTSOUP
              Calls  the  SOUP packet import feature during the startup 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 sounds. Disables all noises in GoldED+.

       -N     No share. If used, this prevents GoldED+ from using  SHARE  com-
              patible  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.

       -NOSCAN
              Disable  the  automatic  startup  area  scanning  (if  that   is
              enabled).  This  is useful for automated SOUP import/export in a
              batch file. For example, -noscan -importsoup @x y  imports  SOUP
              then exits.

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

       -S<sortspec>
              Sort  all areas according to -IR <sortspec> .  See the AREALIST-
              SORT 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 compil-
              ing.  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, -Y, -Z
              Reserved for debugging purposes.

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

ENVIRONMENT
       GOLDED Path to the GOLDED.CFG file. It is recommended to set this vari-
              able,  but  don't  forget  to change it if you move your GoldED+
              setup to a different directory!

       GEDCMD Specifies additional commandline options. Use this if  you  want
              to  specify  options,  but  need to run GoldED without them (for
              example when renaming GOLDED.EXE to DBEDIT.EXE in older versions
              of D'Bridge). You can override the environment options with com-
              mandline options.

SEE ALSO
       rddt(1), goldnode(1), Golded+ User Manual and GoldED+ Reference Manual.

AUTHOR
       GoldEd is copyright (C) 1990-1999 Odinn Sorensen

       GoldEd+ is copyright (C) 1999-2001 Alexander S. Aganichev

       GoldEd+ 1.1.5 is copyright (C) 2005 Stas Degteff and Golded+ team

       This  manual  page  was  written  by Peter Karlsson and updated by Stas
       Degteff



                              September, 10 2005                     GOLDED(1)
