src/Doc/System/Interfaces.thy
changeset 52062 4f91262e7f33
parent 51054 d6de6e81574d
child 53519 3c977c570e20
--- a/src/Doc/System/Interfaces.thy	Fri May 17 21:02:08 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/Doc/System/Interfaces.thy	Fri May 17 21:06:01 2013 +0200
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
   Options are:
     -l NAME      logic image name (default ISABELLE_LOGIC)
     -m MODE      add print mode for output
+    -o OPTION    override Isabelle system OPTION (via NAME=VAL or NAME)
     -p NAME      line editor program name (default ISABELLE_LINE_EDITOR)
 
   Run Isabelle process with plain tty interaction and line editor.
@@ -112,6 +113,9 @@
   as the @{executable_def rlwrap} wrapper for GNU readline); the
   fall-back is to use raw standard input.
 
+  \medskip Option @{verbatim "-o"} allows to override Isabelle system
+  options for this process, see also \secref{sec:system-options}.
+
   Regular interaction works via the standard Isabelle/Isar toplevel
   loop.  The Isar command @{command exit} drops out into the
   bare-bones ML system, which is occasionally useful for debugging of