GTK4-LAUNCH() GTK4-LAUNCH()
NAME
gtk4-launch - Launch an application
SYNOPSIS
gtk4-launch [OPTIONS...] <APPLICATION> [URI...]
DESCRIPTION
gtk4-launch launches an application using the given name. The applica-
tion is started with proper startup notification on a default display,
unless specified otherwise.
gtk4-launch takes at least one argument, the name of the application to
launch. The name should match application desktop file name, as resid-
ing in the applications subdirectories of the XDG data directories,
with or without the .desktop suffix.
If called with more than one argument, the rest of them besides the ap-
plication name are considered URI locations and are passed as arguments
to the launched application.
OPTIONS
-?, -h, --help
Print the command's help and exit.
--version
Print the command's version and exit.
ENVIRONMENT
Some environment variables affect the behavior of gtk4-launch:
XDG_DATA_HOME, XDG_DATA_DIRS
The environment variables specifying the XDG data directories.
GTK4-LAUNCH()
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