shell arguments

These arguments are only available on the command line:

-A

List switches read, then exit.

-f file

Load a configuration from a file, which should be in .INI file format; see configuration file format. This should be an absolute path.

-F

Load the configuration from .ssc/config in the current directory.

-h

Show a summary of switches, then exit.

-H snippet

Only nitpick this snippet of HTML.

ontology.list

List known schema versions, then exit.

-q

Use a simple shell. The shell accepts the following commands:

c	configure: enter a series of command line switches, one per line, then a full stop on a line by itself
C	clear the current configuration
h	a summary of available commands
p	print the current configuration
q	quit
r	run using the current configuration

-V

Show ssc version details, then exit.

validation

List extendable attribute types, then exit. These types accept additional values on some X/HTML attributes and CSS properties. It is intended to allow checking of HTML etc. with bespoke extensions.

Dylan Harris
October 2025