Smalltalk - the GNU Smalltalk virtual machine

GNU Smalltalk usage:

gst [ flag ... ] [ file ...]

Short flags can appear either as -xyz or as -x -y -z. If an option is mandatory for a long option, it is also mandatory for a short one. The currently defined set of flags is:

-a --smalltalk

Pass the remaining arguments to Smalltalk

-c --core-dump

Dump core on fatal signal

-d --declaration-trace-user

Trace compilation of files on the command line

-D --declaration-trace-all

Trace compilation of all loaded files

-e --execution-trace-user

Trace execution of files on the command line

-E --execution-trace-all

Trace execution of all loaded files

-g --no-gc-message

Do not print garbage collection messages

-H -h -? --help

Print this message and exit

-i --rebuild-image

Ignore the image file; rebuild it from scratch

-I --image-file file

Instead of `gst.im', use `file' as the image file, and ignore the kernel files' timestamps

-K --kernel-file file

Make file's path relative to the image path.

-l --log-changes

Log changes in `change-log.st'

-L --log-file file

Log changes in file `file'

-p --emacs-mode

Execute as a `process' (from within Emacs)

-q --quiet --silent

Do not print execution information

-Q --no-messages

Run Smalltalk with -q -g and no startup banner

-r --regression-test

Run in regression test mode, i.e. make printed messages constant

-S --snapshot

Save a snapshot just before exiting

-v --version

Print the Smalltalk version number and exit

-V --verbose

Print names of loaded files and execution stats

-y --yacc-debug

Turn on debugging in the parser

-

Read input from standard input explicitly

Files are loaded one after the other. After the last one is loaded, Smalltalk will exit. If no files are specified, Smalltalk reads from the terminal, with prompts.

Written by Steve Byrne (sbb@gnu.org) and Paolo Bonzini (bonzini@gnu.org)

GNU Smalltalk comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may redistribute copies of GNU Smalltalk under the terms of the GNU General Public License. For more information, see the file named COPYING.

Using default kernel path: /usr/share/gnu-smalltalk/kernel Using default image path: /usr/share/gnu-smalltalk

Report bugs to help-smalltalk@gnu.org

Copyright 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

The full documentation for Smalltalk is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and Smalltalk programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info gst

should give you access to the complete manual.