A list of command-line switches
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Could we possibly have a list of Windows command-line switches?
I routinely create keyboard shortcuts for the software I use, and such a list would be very useful.
- For example, an hour or so ago, I found by chance that --args -incognito was the switch for a private window (space or no space after 'args' seems to give slightly different results).
- I had previously found by experiment that the switch --new-window to bring up a new window in Firefox does the same in Vivaldi.
Searching on the Forum produced this list of Chromium command line switches:
https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/
The second switch above is on the list, but the first is not. Actually, the switch --incognito is there, which seems to do the same thing, and which also works in Vivaldi. Is there a difference?This is all too unsystematic. Surely there is a list that could be published (I notice that the list of Chromium switches is published automatically). Do be assured that I understand the tremendous effort required to maintain and develop this excellent browser, and that I appreciate it very much.
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@Montiverdi Bookmarked. Thank you.
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I'm guessing the list is so large, and switches are often deprecated and removed, that keeping such a list consistently updated would be a large task. Probably why the peter.sh page is about the only updated resource out there. Switches seem to be contained in a ton of different "switches.cc" files in the Chromium source which makes the job of collecting them all very large.
I wish there was an "offical" list from the Chromium project itself, but these guys don't seem very interested in doing much documentation of such things.
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@Pathduck Sounds like an opportunity for automation, just like the "Magic Number Database" site I found today (https://www.magnumdb.com/) and the Microsoft Err_6.4.5.exe I found on MSDN (culls info from Windows header files).
Tom
