Engauge Digitizer - Command Line Options


Engauge Digitizer accepts many command line options, and one environment variable, for more flexibility and power.

Startup  
-import FILE Import the specified image file at startup
-open FILE Open the specified Engauge Digitizer document file at startup
-help Display a list of command line options with some brief comments, and then exit
-manual DIRECTORY Look for the user manual in the specified directory. If Engauge Digitizer is run in a directory other than the installation directory, then the user manual directory must be specified using either this command line option or the ENGAUGE_USERMANUAL environment variable.
Settings  
-reset Reset all settings to the factory defaults
-text Load settings from a text file at startup, and save settings to the same text file when done, rather than use the Windows registry. That text file will be C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\engaugerc in Windows XP, and C:\Windows\All Users\Application Data\engaugerc in Windows 98 and ME. Note that the Application Data directory may be hidden, so although it will not appear when a simple 'dir' command is used, you can still go into that directory using 'cd Application Data'. This option has no effect in Linux and Unix because the settings are always stored in a text file such as $HOME/.qt/engaugerc.
Internationalization  
-onlybmp Import all images as bitmap (BMP) files. This is a fix for Chinese Windows.
Debugging  
-pixels Show cursor location in pixel coordinates rather than graph coordinates
-ctor Trace constructor calls
-dtor Trace destructor calls
-curvecmb Trace curve combobox operations
-measurecmb Trace measure combobox operations
-refresh Trace screen refreshes
-scanning Trace image scanning
Environment variables  
ENGAUGE_USERMANUAL If set, this specifies the directory containing the user manual. This option, like the '-manual' command line option, is used when running Engauge Digitizer in a directory other than the installation directory.