openapp(1) GNUstep System Manual openapp(1)
NAME
openapp - launch applications from the command line
SYNOPSIS
openapp [--find] [--debug [--gdb= debuger]] [ --library-combo=library-
combo ] application [arguments...]
DESCRIPTION
The openapp command allows you to launch graphical GNUstep applications
from the command line.
application is the complete or relative name of the application program
with or without the .app extension, like Ink.app.
arguments are the arguments passed to the application.
openapp first checks whether the application is in the current working
directory. If not then searches the GNUstep domains' Applications fold-
ers in the following order: User (i.e. ~/GNUstep/Applications), Local,
Network, System. First match wins.
OPTIONS
--find application
will print out the full path of the application executable which
would be executed, without actually executing it. It will also
list all paths that are attempted.
--debug application
starts the application in the debugger. By default gdb, but this
can be changed with the --gdb= argument or through the GDB shell
variable.
--library-combo=library-combo
Starts the application with the specified library combo. This is
a rarely used option in a non-flattened setup. See the library-
combo(7) man-page for more information about the different li-
brary combinations.
--help print above usage description.
EXAMPLES
Start Ink.app without additional parameters:
openapp Ink.app
Launch Ink.app and pass it the --debug argument:
openapp --debug Ink.app
To determine which executable is launched by openapp, type:
openapp --find Ink.app
The output of the above command might be something like:
/usr/GNUstep/Local/Applications/Ink.app/Ink
ENVIRONMENT
GNUSTEP_CONFIG_FILE
is used to determine where the GNUstep.sh configuration file is
located. If the variable is not set openapp tries to locate it in
the folder where openapp was started, then in the user domain,
and as a last resort in the system domain (or actually the place
you configured (--with-config-file=) during building).
GDB Sets the debugger to use when --debug is used.
SEE ALSO
debugapp(1), GNUstep(7), gopen(1), library-combo(7), opentool(1)
HISTORY
Work on openapp started October 1997.
openapp was originally written by Ovidiu Predescu <ovidiu@net-commu-
nity.com> and is now maintained by Nicola Pero <nicola.pero@meta-innova-
tion.com>
AUTHORS
This manual page was first written July 2003 by Martin Brecher <mar-
tin@mb-itconsulting.com>.
Updated with notes from Hubert Chathi <uhoreg@debian.org> and Dennis
Leeuw <dleeuw@made-it.com>, December 2007 by Dennis Leeuw.
gnustep-make 12/12/2007 openapp(1)
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