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   Normally, JED is started as

         jed FILENAME
   or
         jed FILE_LIST.
   However, JED also takes the following switches:

`-batch'
     run JED in batch mode.  This is a non-interactive mode.

`-n'
     do not load `jed.rc' (`.jedrc') file.

`-g N'
     goto line N in buffer

`-l FILE'
     load FILE as `S-Lang' code.

`-f FUNCTION'
     execute S-Lang function named FUNCTION

`-s STRING'
     search forward for STRING

`-2'
     split window

`-i FILE'
     insert FILE into current buffer.

For example, the command line:
                     jed slang.c -g 1012 -s error -2 file.c -f eob

will start up JED, read in the file `slang.c', goto line 1012 of
`slang.c' and start searching for the string `error', split the window,
read in `file.c' and goto the end of the file.

   If the `-batch' parameter is used, it must be the first parameter.
Similarly, if `-n' is used, it must also be the first parameter unless
used with the `-batch' parameter in which case it must the second.  JED
should only be run in batch mode when non-interactive operation is
desired.  For example, JED is distributed with a file, `mkdoc.sl', that
contains S-Lang code to produce a help file for functions and
variables.  In fact, the help file `jed_funs.hlp' was created by
entering

                     jed -batch -n -l mkdoc.sl

   at the command line.

   Now suppose that you want to read in a file with the name of one of
the switches, say `-2'.  How can this be done?  The answer depends upon
the operating system.  For unix, instead of `jed -2', use `jed ./-2';
for VMS, use `jed []-2'.  The case for MSDOS is similar to unix except
that one must use the backslash.

   It is possible to completely change JED's command line syntax
through the use of the user defined function `command_line_hook'. In
fact, the behavior described above is dictated by the value of
`command_line_hook' as distributed in `site.sl'.  See the section on
hooks for details.