--- a/src/name/blackcap/imageprep/Main.kt	Fri Nov 20 21:37:37 2020 -0800
+++ b/src/name/blackcap/imageprep/Main.kt	Fri Nov 20 21:38:06 2020 -0800
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@
     /* global UI objects */
     var mainFrame: MainFrame by setOnce()
     var helpDialog: HelpDialog by setOnce()
+    var settingsDialog: SettingsDialog by setOnce()
 
     fun initialize() {
         UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
         mainFrame = MainFrame() /* must be created first */
+        settingsDialog = SettingsDialog()
         mainFrame.jMenuBar = MyMenuBar()
         setMacMenus() /* always safe to call; no-op if not a Mac */
         helpDialog = HelpDialog()
@@ -40,61 +42,8 @@
         System.setProperty("apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar", "true")
     }
 
-    /* parse command line */
-    if (Settings.outputToInputDir)
-        Settings.outputTo = System.getProperty("user.dir")
-    val options = Options().apply {
-        addOption(Option<Unit>("?", "help", false, "Print this help message."))
-        addOption(Option<Int>("m", "maxdim", true, "Maximum dimension (default: ${Settings.maxDimension})").apply {
-            default = Settings.maxDimension
-            interpolater = {
-                val ret = try { it.toInt() } catch (e: NumberFormatException) { -1 }
-                if (ret < 1)
-                    throw InvalidArgumentException("Dimension must be a positive integer.")
-                Settings.maxDimension = ret
-                ret
-            }
-        })
-        addOption(Option<File>("o", "output", true, "Output directory (default: ${Settings.outputTo})").apply {
-            default = File(Settings.outputTo)
-            interpolater = {
-                val ret = File(tilde(it))
-                if (!ret.exists())
-                    throw InvalidArgumentException("'${it}' does not exist")
-                if (!ret.isDirectory())
-                    throw InvalidArgumentException("'${it}' is not a directory")
-                Settings.outputTo = ret.canonicalPath
-                ret
-            }
-        })
-        addOption(Option<Int>("q", "quality", true, "JPEG quality for output (0-100, default ${Settings.outputQuality})").apply {
-            default = Settings.outputQuality
-            interpolater = {
-                val ret = try { it.toInt() } catch (e: NumberFormatException) { -1 }
-                if (ret < 0 || ret > 100)
-                    throw InvalidArgumentException("Quality must be an integer from 0 to 100, inclusive.")
-                Settings.outputQuality = ret
-                ret
-            }
-        })
-    }
-    val cmdLine: CommandLine? = try {
-        PromptingParser().parse(options, args)
-    } catch (e: ParseException) {
-        System.err.println("${Application.MYNAME}: Syntax error - ${e.message}")
-        System.exit(2)
-        null
-    }
-    if (cmdLine!!.hasOption("help")) {
-        val usage = Application.MYNAME + " [--maxdim=integer] [--output=directory] [--quality=integer] file [...]"
-        HelpFormatter().printHelp(usage, options, false);
-        System.exit(0);
-    }
-
     /* launch GUI */
     inSwingThread {
         Application.initialize()
-        for (fileName in cmdLine!!.args)
-            RotateDialog.makeDialog(File(fileName))
     }
 }