yes, there is little usefull information here (or elsewhere), which i guess
is supposed to encourge you to either hack the code or buy the book. i guess
the other option was to build the docs with doxygen... did not think of that at the time.
usage: paraview
--cave-configuration Deprecated. The cave configuration must now be specified in the xml .pvx file
--client Deprecated. Use pvclient executable for this function now.
--crash-on-errors For debugging purposes. This will make ParaView abort on errors.
--data=opt Load the specified data.
--disable-registry
-dr Do not use registry when running ParaView (for testing).
--help
/? Displays available command line arguments.
--host Deprecated. Use --client-host, --data-server-host, --render-server-host
--machines Deprecated. Use xml pvx file to specify machines for render and data servers.
--play-demo
-pd Run the ParaView demo.
--port Deprecated. Use --client-port, --data-port, --render-port.
--render-server Deprecated. Use pvrenderserver.
--reverse-connection
-rc Have the server connect to the client.
--server Deprecated. Use pvserver executable for this function now.
--start-empty
-e Start ParaView without any default modules.
--stereo Tell the application to enable stereo rendering (only when running on a single process).
--use-satellite-rendering Deprecated. This option is no longer available.
--use-software-rendering Deprecated. This option is no longer available.
-c Deprecated. Use pvclient executable for this function now.
-cc Deprecated. The cave configuration must now be specified in the xml .pvx file
-h Deprecated. Use --client-host, --data-server-host, --render-server-host
-m Deprecated. Use xml pvx file to specify machines for render and data servers.
-r Deprecated. This option is no longer available.
-rs Deprecated. Use pvrenderserver.
-s Deprecated. This option is no longer available.
-v Deprecated. Use pvserver executable for this function now.
(by santiago lombeyda, dump from paraview.1.9.0 --help, ©kitware)