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.TH MRED 1 "February 2007"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
mred \- The PLT Graphical Scheme implementation
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mred
[
.I Xoption ...
]
[
.I option ...
] [
.I argument ...
]

.SH DESCRIPTION
.I MrEd
is the PLT's graphical Scheme
implementation.
It embeds and extends 
.I MzScheme
with a graphical user interface (GUI) toolbox.
.PP
.I DrScheme
is the graphical development environment for creating
.I MzScheme
and
.I MrEd
applications.

.SH X OPTIONS

When running in X11, MrEd accepts the following standard
.IR Xoption s:
.B -display
.IR disp ,
.B -geometry
.IR geom ,
.B -bg
.IR color ,
.B -background
.IR color ,
.B -fg
.IR color ,
.B -foreground
.IR color ,
.B -fn
.IR font ,
.B -font
.IR font ,
.BR -iconic ,
.B -name
.IR name ,
.BR -rv ,
.BR -reverse ,
.BR +rv ,
.B -selectionTimeout
.IR time ,
.BR -synchronous ,
.B -title
.IR name ,
.B -xnllanguage
.IR lang ,
.B -xrm
.IR file .
These options must appear before all other options.
.PP
In addition, the option
.B -singleInstance
is treated like an X option (it must appear before all other
options), and it runs MrEd in single-instance mode.
In single-instance mode, when an existing instance
is running with the same host and executable name, all non-option
arguments are treated as file names and sent to the 
existing instance.
.PP

.SH STARTUP FILE AND EXPRESSION OPTIONS

.TP
.BI \-e \ expr\fR,\ \fP \-\^\-eval \ expr
Evaluates
.I expr
after
.I MrEd
starts.
.TP
.BI \-f \ file\fR,\ \fP \-\^\-load \ file
Loads
.I file
after
.I MrEd
starts.
.TP
.BI \-d \ file\fR,\ \fP \-\^\-load-cd \ file
Load/cds
.I file
after
.I MrEd
starts.
.TP
.BI \-t \ file\fR,\ \fP \-\^\-require \ file
Requires
.I file
after
.I MrEd
starts.
.TP
.B \-F\fR,\fP \-\^\-Load
.br
Loads all remaining arguments after
.I MrEd
starts.
.TP
.B \-D\fR,\fP \-\^\-Load-cd
.br
Load/cds all remaining arguments after
.I MrEd
starts.
.TP
.B \-T\fR,\fP \-\^\-Require
.br
Requires all remaining arguments after
.I MrEd
starts.
.TP
.BI \-l \ file\fR,\ \fP \-\^\-mzlib \ file
Same as
.BR -e \ '(require\ (lib\ "\|\c
.I file\|\c
"))'.
.TP
.BI \-L \ file \  coll
Same as
.BR -e \ '(require\ (lib\ "\|\c
.I file\|\c
" "\|\c
.I coll\|\c
"))'.
.TP
.BI \-M \ coll
Same as
.BR -e \ '(require\ (lib\ "\|\c
.I coll\|\c
\|.ss" "\|\c
.I coll\|\c
"))'.
.TP
.BI \-p \ file \  user \  package
Same as
.BR -e \ '(require\ (planet\ "\|\c
.I file\|\c
\|" "\|\c
.I user\|\c
\|" "\|\c
.I package\|\c
"))'.
.TP
.BI \-P \ name \  user
Same as
.BR -e \ '(require\ (planet\ "\|\c
.I name\|\c
\|.ss" "\|\c
.I user\|\c
\|" "\|\c
.I name\|\c
\|.plt"))'.
.TP
.B \-r\fR,\fP \-\^\-script
Script mode: use as last flag for scripts.
Same as
.BR -fmv- .
.TP
.B \-i\fR,\fP \-\^\-script-cd
Like -r, but also sets the directory.
Same as 
.BR -dmv- .
.TP
.B \-u\fR,\fP \-\^\-require-script
Like -r, but requires a module.
Same as
.BR -tmv- .
.TP
.B \-Z\fR,\fP \-\^\-nogui
Skip "class.ss" and "mred.ss" require.
.TP
.B \-z\fR,\fP \-\^\-stdio
Use stdio REPL. Same as
.BR -ve \ '(read-eval-print-loop)'.
.TP
.B \-K\fR,\fP \-\^\-back
Under Mac OS X, skip bringing the application to
the foreground (in case it was started from a command line).
.B \-w\fR,\fP \-\^\-awk
Same as
.B -l
.BR awk.ss .
.TP
.BI \-k \ n \  m\ 
Load executable-embedded code from file offset
.I n
to
.IR m .
.TP
.B \-C\fR,\fP \-\^\-main
Like -r, then calls `main' with a list of argument strings. The first 
string in the list is the name of the loaded file, and
the rest of the list contains leftover command-line arguments.
.PP

.SH INITIALIZATION OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-X \ dir\fR,\ \fP \-\^\-collects \ dir
Sets
.I dir 
as the location of the main "collects" directory. If
.I dir
is relative, it is relative to the executable.
.TP
.BI \-S \ dir
.TP
.BI \-\^\-search \ dir
Adds 
.I dir
to the search path for library collections. If 
.I dir
is relative, it is relative to the executable.
.TP
.B \-U\fR,\fP \-\^\-no-user-path
Ignores PLTHOME, and omits the user-specific "collects" directory
from the search path for library collections.
.TP
.B \-x\fR,\fP \-\^\-no-lib-path
Skips trying to set current-library-collection-paths.
.TP
.B \-q\fR,\fP \-\^\-no-init-file
Skips trying to load "~/.mredrc".
.TP
.BI \-N \ file\fR,\ \fP \-\^\-name \ file
Sets the program name to
.IR name .
.TP
.B \-A\fR,\fP \-\^\-no-argv
Skips defining `argv' and `program'.
.PP

.SH LANGUAGE SETTING OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-Q\fR,\fP \-\^\-prim
Assume primitive bindings at top level by initializing the environment with
`(require mzscheme)'.
.TP
.B \-g\fR,\fP \-\^\-case-sens
Identifiers and symbols are initially case-sensitive (the default).
.TP
.B \-G\fR,\fP \-\^\-case-insens
Identifiers and symbols are initially case-insensitive.
.TP
.B \-s\fR,\fP \-\^\-set-undef
Set! works on undefined identifiers.
.PP

.SH MISCELLANEOUS OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-\^\-
.br
No argument following this switch is used as a switch.
.TP
.B \-p\fR,\fP \-\^\-persistent
Catches AIX SIGDANGER (low page space) signal. (AIX only)
.TP
.B \-m\fR,\fP \-\^\-mute-banner
Suppresses the startup banner.
.TP
.B \-v\fR,\fP \-\^\-version
Suppresses the read-eval-print loop.
.TP
.B \-V\fR,\fP \-\^\-yield
Like -v, also suppresses (yield 'wait).
.TP
.B \-h\fR,\fP \-\^\-help
Shows help for command-line arguments.

.SH COMMAND-LINE CONVENTIONS

Multiple single-letter switches can be collapsed, with arguments placed
after the collapsed switches; the first collapsed switch cannot be
.BR -- .
E.g.:
.B -vfme
.I file
.I expr
is the same as
.B -v -f
.I file
.B -m -e
.IR expr .
.PP
Extra arguments following the last option are put into the Scheme global
variable `argv' as a vector of strings. The name used to start 
.I MrEd
is put into the global variable `program' as a string.
.PP
Expressions/files are evaluated/loaded in order as provided, including
calls to
.B main
implied by
.BR --main ,
embedded segments loaded by
.BR -k ,
and so on. An uncaught exception during an evaluation/load causes later
evaluations/loads to be skipped.
.PP
The current-library-collections-paths parameter is automatically set before any
expressions/files are evaluated/loaded, unless the
.B -x
or
.B --no-lib-path
option is used.  

.SH EXECUTABLE NAME
If the executable name has the form scheme-\|\c
.I dialect\|\c
, then the command line is effectively prefixed with
.ce 1
-qAeC '(require (lib "init.ss" "script-lang" "\|\c
.I dialect\|\c
"))'
The first actual command-line argument thus serves as the name of a file
to load. The file should define
.BR main ,
which is called with the command-line arguments---starting with the
loaded file name---as a list of immutable strings.

.SH FILES
The file "~/.mredrc" is loaded before any provided
expressions/files are evaluated/loaded, unless the
.B -q 
or 
.B --no-init-file 
option is used.
.PP
Unless the
.B -U
or
.B --no-user-path
option is provided, the library collections search
path is read from the PLTCOLLECTS environment variable
(as a colon-separated list of paths). Where the empty path
appears in PLTCOLLECTS, it is replaced with the default
collections directory search path.

.SH FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information on
.IR MrEd ,
please consult the on-line
documentation and other information available at
.PP
.ce 1
http://www.plt-scheme.org/software/mred/
.SH BUGS
Submit bug reports via
.ce 1
http://bugs.plt-scheme.org/ (encouraged)
or by e-mail to
.ce 1
bugs@plt-scheme.org (discouraged)
.SH AUTHOR
.I MrEd
was implemented by Matthew Flatt (mflatt@plt-scheme.org),
Robert Bruce Findler (robby@plt-scheme.org), and
John Clements (clements@plt-scheme.org), based on
MzScheme.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR help-desk(1),
.BR mzscheme(1),
.BR drscheme(1)