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/*!
    \contentspage {Qt Creator Manual}
    \previouspage creator-project-generic.html
    \page creator-cli.html
    \nextpage creator-keyboard-shortcuts.html

    \title Using Command Line Options

    You can start \QC and specify some options from the command line. For
    example, you can open a file to any line and column.

    To specify command line options, enter the following command in the \QC
    installation or build directory:

    \c {qtcreator [option] [filename[:line_number[:column_number]]]}

    \note You can use either a colon (:) or a plus sign (+) as a separator
    between the filename and line number and the line number and the column
    number. You can also use a space between the separator and the line number.

    For example, on Windows:

    \list

        \li \c {C:\qtcreator\bin>qtcreator -help}

        \li \c {C:\qtcreator\bin>qtcreator C:\TextFinder\textfinder.cpp:100:2}

        \li \c {C:\qtcreator\bin>qtcreator C:\TextFinder\textfinder.cpp +100+2}

    \endlist

    On \macos:

    \list

        \li \c {Qt Creator.app/Contents/MacOS/Qt Creator -help}

    \endlist

    To open a project that is located in a particular folder, you can pass on
    the folder name as a command line argument. \QC looks for a session that
    matches the folder name and loads it. Or it looks for a project file in the
    folder and opens it. For example:

    \c {qtcreator .}

    \note To run a self-built \QC from the command line on Windows, make sure
    that the Qt installation directory is included in the PATH environment
    variable. You can enter the following command on the command line to add Qt
    to the path:

    \code
    set PATH=<Qt_installation_directory>\mingw\bin;c:<Qt_installation_directory>\bin;%PATH%
    \endcode

    The following table summarizes the available options:

    \table
        \header
            \li Option
            \li Description

        \row
            \li -help
            \li Display help on command line options.

        \row
            \li -version
            \li Display \QC version.

        \row
            \li -client
            \li Attempt to connect to an already running instance of \QC.

       \row
            \li -pid
            \li Attempt to connect to an already running instance of \QC with
                the specified process ID.

        \row
            \li -block
            \li Open files in editors in a running \QC instance and block the
                command line until the first editor is closed.

       \row
            \li -load <plugin>
            \li Enable the specified plugin and all plugins that it depends on.
                You can combine \c -load and \c -noload options and specify both
                options multiple times to enable and disable several plugins.
                The actions are executed in the specified order.

       \row
            \li -load all
            \li Enables all plugins.

        \row
            \li -noload <plugin>
            \li Disable the specified plugin and all plugins that depend on it.

        \row
            \li -noload all
            \li Disables all plugins.

        \row
            \li -profile
            \li Output plugin start up and shut down profiling data.

       \row
            \li -pluginpath <path>
            \li Add a path where \QC looks for plugins. To specify several
                paths, add the \c{-pluginpath} option for each path.

        \row
            \li -settingspath <path>
            \li Override the default path where user settings are stored.

        \row
            \li -color <color>
            \li Core plugin: override the selected UI color.

       \row
            \li -presentationMode
            \li Core plugin: display keyboard shortcuts as popups when you
                press them. Mostly useful when presenting \QC to someone else.

        \row
            \li -theme <default | dark>
            \li Core plugin: apply a dark color theme to \QC, without using
                stylesheets.

        \row
            \li -debug <pid>
            \li Debugger plugin: attach to the process with the given process
                ID.

        \row
            \li -debug <executable>[,kit=<kit>]
            \li Debugger plugin: launch and debug the executable with the name
                \c{executable}.
                A \c{kit} can be specified to point to non-default debuggers
                and sysroots.

        \row
            \li -debug [executable,]core=<corefile>[,kit=<kit>]
            \li Debugger plugin: load the core file named \c{corefile}.
                The parameter \c{executable} specifies the executable that
                produced the core file.
                If this parameter is omitted, \QC will attempt to reconstruct
                it from the core file itself. This will fail for paths with more
                than about 80 characters.
                In such cases the \c{executable} parameter is mandatory.
                A \c{kit} can be specified to point to non-default debuggers
                and sysroots.

        \row
            \li -debug <executable>,server=<server:port>[,kit=<kit>]
            \li Debugger plugin: attach to a debug server running on the port
                \c{port} on the server \c{server}. The parameter \c{executable}
                specifies a local copy of the executable the remote debug server
                is manipulating.
                A \c{kit} can be specified to point to non-default debuggers and
                sysroots.

        \row
            \li -wincrashevent <event-handle:pid>
            \li Debugger plugin: Attach to crashed processes by using the
                specified event handle and process ID.

        \row
            \li -customwizard-verbose
            \li ProjectExplorer plugin: display additional information when
                loading custom wizards. For more information about custom
                wizards, see \l{Adding New Custom Wizards}

        \row
            \li -lastsession
            \li ProjectExplorer plugin: load the last session when \QC starts.
                Open the projects and files that were open when you last exited
                \QC. For more information about managing sessions, see
                \l{Managing Sessions}.

        \row
            \li <session>
            \li ProjectExplorer plugin: load the given session when \QC starts.
                Open the projects and files that were open when you last exited
                \QC. For more information about managing sessions, see
                \l{Managing Sessions}.

    \endtable

    \section1 Using Custom Styles

    \QC is a \l{QApplication}{Qt application}, and therefore, it accepts the
    command line options that all Qt applications accept. For example, you can
    use the \c {-style} and \c {-stylesheet} options to apply custom styles and
    \l{Qt Style Sheets}{stylesheets}. The styling is only applied during the
    current session.

    Exercise caution when applying styles, as overriding the existing styling
    may make some items difficult to see. Also, setting a stylesheet may affect
    the \l{Specifying Text Editor Settings}{text editor color scheme} and the
    styling of the integrated \QD.

    You can also switch to a dark theme to customize the appearance of widgets,
    colors, and icons without using stylesheets.

*/