diff --git a/docs/cmu-user/introduction.tex b/docs/cmu-user/introduction.tex index 5767ee67d72770b83f1c18de871ab94c4708dbe5..872e05ef6f4c8276c9dc266b7bae4fdfb77ef5d9 100644 --- a/docs/cmu-user/introduction.tex +++ b/docs/cmu-user/introduction.tex @@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ please see the web site for more information. \section{Command Line Options} +\cindex{command line options} +\label{command-line-options} The command line syntax and environment is described in the \verb|lisp(1)| man page in the man/man1 directory of the distribution. @@ -87,6 +89,14 @@ switches: core file. Rather than using the default core file (\file{lib/lisp.core}), the specified core file is loaded. +\item[\code{-dynamic-space-size}] requires an argument that should be + the number of megabytes (1048576 bytes) that should be allocated to + the heap. If not specified, a platform-specific default is used. + The actual maximum allowed heap size is platform-specific. + + Currently, this option is only available for the x86 and sparc + platforms. + \item[\code{-edit}] specifies to enter Hemlock. A file to edit may be specified by placing the name of the file between the program name (usually \file{lisp}) and the first switch. @@ -113,7 +123,10 @@ switches: file should not be loaded during the normal start up sequence. Also, this switch suppresses the loading of a hemlock init file when Hemlock is started up with the \code{-edit} switch. - + +\item[\code{-nositeinit}] accepts no arguments and specifies that the + site init file should not be loaded during the normal start up + sequence. \item[\code{-load}] accepts an argument which should be the name of a file to load into Lisp before entering Lisp's read-eval-print loop.