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1+**[[Lazarus FAQ|lazarus]] \[options\] \<project-filename\>**
2+
3+<table>
4+<thead>
5+<tr>
6+<th>option</th>
7+<th>short</th>
8+<th>description</th>
9+</tr>
10+</thead>
11+<tbody>
12+<tr>
13+<td>--help</td>
14+<td>-?</td>
15+<td>this help message</td>
16+</tr>
17+<tr>
18+<td>--version</td>
19+<td>-v</td>
20+<td>show version and exit</td>
21+</tr>
22+<tr>
23+<td>--quiet</td>
24+<td></td>
25+<td>be less verbose, can be given multiple times</td>
26+</tr>
27+<tr>
28+<td>--verbose</td>
29+<td></td>
30+<td>be more verbose, can be given multiple times</td>
31+</tr>
32+<tr>
33+<td>--setup</td>
34+<td></td>
35+<td>Show setup dialog for most important settings</td>
36+</tr>
37+<tr>
38+<td>--primary-config-path=&lt;path&gt;</td>
39+<td>--pcp=&lt;path&gt;</td>
40+<td>primary config directory where Lazarus stores its config files. Default is /home/USER/.lazarus</td>
41+</tr>
42+<tr>
43+<td>--secondary-config-path= &lt;path&gt;</td>
44+<td>--scp=&lt;path&gt;</td>
45+<td>secondary config directory where Lazarus searches for config template files. Default is /etc/lazarus</td>
46+</tr>
47+<tr>
48+<td>--debug-log= &lt;file&gt;</td>
49+<td></td>
50+<td>file where debug output is written to. If it is not specified, debug output is written to the console.</td>
51+</tr>
52+<tr>
53+<td>--debug-enable= [[-]OptName][,[-]OptName][...]</td>
54+<td></td>
55+<td>Enable or Disable groups of debug output. Valid Options are:<br />
56+DBG_VERBOSE, DBG_WARNINGS, DBG_STATE. DBG_EVENTS, DBG_STATE_EVENT, DBG_DATA_MONITORS, DBG_DISASSEMBLER, DBG_LOCATION_INFO, SYNMOUSEEVENTS, SRCED_LOCK, SRCED_OPEN, SRCED_CLOSE, SRCED_PAGES, DBG_CMD_ECHO, DBG_CMD_ECHO_FULL, DBGMI_TYPE_INFO, DBGMI_TIMEOUT_DEBUG, DBG_THREAD_AND_FRAME, DBGMI_QUEUE_DEBUG, DBGMI_STRUCT_PARSER, FPDBG_VERBOSE_MEM, FPDBG_THREADS, DBG_ERRORS, FPDBG_DWARF_VERBOSE, FPDBG_DWARF_ERRORS, FPDBG_DWARF_WARNINGS, FPDBG_DWARF_SEARCH, FPDBG_DWARF_DATA_WARNINGS, FPDBG_QUEUE, DBG_BREAKPOINTS, FPDBG_COMMANDS</td>
57+</tr>
58+<tr>
59+<td>--no-splash-screen</td>
60+<td>--nsc</td>
61+<td>Do not show splash screen</td>
62+</tr>
63+<tr>
64+<td>--force-new-instance</td>
65+<td></td>
66+<td>Do not check if another IDE instance is already running</td>
67+</tr>
68+<tr>
69+<td>--skip-last-project</td>
70+<td></td>
71+<td>Skip loading last project</td>
72+</tr>
73+<tr>
74+<td>--language=</td>
75+<td></td>
76+<td>Override language. For example --language=de. For possible values see files in the languages directory.</td>
77+</tr>
78+<tr>
79+<td>--lazarusdir=&lt;dir&gt;</td>
80+<td></td>
81+<td>directory to be used as a basedirectory</td>
82+</tr>
83+<tr>
84+<td>--lcl-no-transient</td>
85+<td></td>
86+<td>Do not set transient order for modal forms</td>
87+</tr>
88+<tr>
89+<td>--gtk-module module</td>
90+<td></td>
91+<td>Load the specified module at startup.</td>
92+</tr>
93+<tr>
94+<td>--g-fatal-warnings</td>
95+<td></td>
96+<td>Warnings and errors generated by Gtk+/GDK will halt the application.</td>
97+</tr>
98+<tr>
99+<td>--gtk-debug flags</td>
100+<td></td>
101+<td>Turn on specific Gtk+ trace/debug messages.</td>
102+</tr>
103+<tr>
104+<td>--gtk-no-debug flags</td>
105+<td></td>
106+<td>Turn off specific Gtk+ trace/debug messages.</td>
107+</tr>
108+<tr>
109+<td>--gdk-debug flags</td>
110+<td></td>
111+<td>Turn on specific GDK trace/debug messages.</td>
112+</tr>
113+<tr>
114+<td>--gdk-no-debug flags</td>
115+<td></td>
116+<td>Turn off specific GDK trace/debug messages.</td>
117+</tr>
118+<tr>
119+<td>--display h:s:d</td>
120+<td></td>
121+<td>Connect to the specified X server, where "h" is the hostname, "s" is the server number (usually 0), and "d" is the display number (typically omitted). If --display is not specified, the DISPLAY environment variable is used.</td>
122+</tr>
123+<tr>
124+<td>--sync</td>
125+<td></td>
126+<td>Call XSynchronize (display, True) after the Xserver connection has been established. This makes debugging X protocol errors easier, because X request buffering will be disabled and X errors will be received immediately after the protocol request that generated the error has been processed by the X server.</td>
127+</tr>
128+<tr>
129+<td>--no-xshm</td>
130+<td></td>
131+<td>Disable use of the X Shared Memory Extension.</td>
132+</tr>
133+<tr>
134+<td>--name programe</td>
135+<td></td>
136+<td>Set program name to "progname". If not specified, program name will be set to ParamStrUTF8(0).</td>
137+</tr>
138+<tr>
139+<td>--class classname</td>
140+<td></td>
141+<td>Following Xt conventions, the class of a program is the program name with the initial character capitalized. For example, the classname for gimp is "Gimp". If --class is specified, the class of the program will be set to "classname".</td>
142+</tr>
143+<tr>
144+<td>--disableaccurateframe</td>
145+<td></td>
146+<td>disables fully accurate window frame under X11. This feature is implemented for Qt, Qt5 and Gtk2 interfaces and used mostly by GetWindowRect().</td>
147+</tr>
148+</tbody>
149+</table>
150+
151+---
152+*From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Lazarus command line options", as it stood on 2022-05-28 after a change by Trev, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).*
153+Category: Debugging
154+Category: Lazarus

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