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This article describes the Macintosh Application Environment (MAE) command line options.
DISCUSSION To alter the MAE environment use one of these command line arguments when you start MAE. These command line arguments, listed below, are invoked when MAE starts up. -display dpy X server on which to display EXAMPLE: -display opus:0.0 -geometry WxH+X+Y size and location of window (Mae.geometry) EXAMPLE: -geometry 600x400+4+4 -iconic start iconic (Mae.iconic) -title string title string (Mae.title) -sysfol systemfolder System Folder path (Mae.systemFolder) EXAMPLE /tmp/sys -appledir appledirectory Apple resource directory path (Mae.appleDirectory) EXAMPLE /opt/apple This is the location of the apple directory -memory memorysize Macintosh memory size in megabytes (m = megabytes, k = kilobytes) EXAMPLE -memory 17m -maxdepth bitdepth maximum frame buffer bit depth (Mae.maximumDepth) -installcmap force the installation of X colormap (Mae.installColormap) -caseon force case sensitivity (Mae.caseOn) -nosound turn off sound (Mae.noSound) -filedouble force Apple Double file format (Mae.fileDouble) This is helpful when UNIX applications attempt to open files that were saved or copied from within MAE. See also asdtool. -fstimeout set file system timeout interval (Mae.fsTimeout) EXAMPLE: -fstimeout 60 Useful if HOME is NFS Mounted, and Patch 2 does not fix errors such as 'Unable to access .mac' -noextensions startup with no Extensions -rebuild rebuild Desktop database -zappram zap VPRAM settings -help print out this message -version print out version information |
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| Product Area: | Communications-Networking |
| Category: | MAE (Macintosh Application Environment) |
| Sub Category: | General Topics |
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