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Freeplane requires Java between Java 8 and Java 15 because Java 16 is not compatible with current Groovy Engine.
 
Freeplane requires Java between Java 8 and Java 15 because Java 16 is not compatible with current Groovy Engine.
Under Linux use of Java 16 can be permitted by setting FREEPLANE_USE_UNSUPPORTED_JAVA_VERSION to 1
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Use of Java 16 can be permitted only on Linux by setting variable <code>FREEPLANE_USE_UNSUPPORTED_JAVA_VERSION</code> to 1.
  
 
== JAVA_OPTS ==
 
== JAVA_OPTS ==

Latest revision as of 14:45, 9 May 2021

Command-line options

Call freeplane like this:

freeplane [options] [file1 [file2 ...]]
  • -h|--help: list available options
  • -X<menukey>: execute menu item with key <menukey>. Use devtools add-on to find the menu keys
  • -S: stop after executing menu items
  • -N: set the 'nonInteractive' system property to 'true'
  • -U<userdir>: set the freeplane user config directory (only since version 1.3.3!!!)

Batch execution of menu items (e.g. scripts) is described in a special wiki article.

Debug start script under Linux

Start Freeplane in debug mode (if you have problems starting):

DEBUG=true freeplane.sh

Environment variables

Select Java installation used to run Freeplane

The following variables are tried in order:

  • FREEPLANE_JAVA_HOME
  • JAVA_HOME (not on Windows OS)

For windows, set one of these variables and run freeplane.exe or freeplaneConsole.exe:

 FREEPLANE_JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_131

or, under Linux/UNIX:

 FREEPLANE_JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/ ./freeplane.sh

Freeplane requires Java between Java 8 and Java 15 because Java 16 is not compatible with current Groovy Engine.

Use of Java 16 can be permitted only on Linux by setting variable FREEPLANE_USE_UNSUPPORTED_JAVA_VERSION to 1.

JAVA_OPTS

Set Java Properties, e.g. set the freeplane user config directory in Freeplane < 1.3.3:

JAVA_OPTS=-Dorg.freeplane.userfpdir=$HOME/blabla freeplane.sh