openapp(1)

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NAME

6       openapp - launch applications from the command line
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SYNOPSIS

10       openapp  [--find] [--debug [--gdb= debuger]] [ --library-combo=library-
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DESCRIPTION

15       The openapp command allows you to launch graphical GNUstep applications
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18       application is the complete or relative name of the application program
19       with or without the .app extension, like Ink.app.
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21       arguments are the arguments passed to the application.
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23       openapp first checks whether the application is in the current  working
24       directory.   If  not  then  searches  the GNUstep domains' Applications
25       folders in the following  order:  User  (i.e.  ~/GNUstep/Applications),
26       Local, Network, System. First match wins.
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OPTIONS

30       --find application
31              will print out the full path of the application executable which
32              would be executed, without actually executing it. It  will  also
33              list all paths that are attempted.
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36              starts the application in the debugger. By default gdb, but this
37              can be changed with the --gdb= argument or through the GDB shell
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41              Starts the application with the specified library combo. This is
42              a rarely used option in a non-flattened setup. See the  library-
43              combo(7)  man-page  for  more  information  about  the different
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46       --help print above usage description.
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EXAMPLES

50       Start Ink.app without additional parameters:
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54       Launch Ink.app and pass it the --debug argument:
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58       To determine which executable is launched by openapp, type:
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62       The  output  of  the   above   command   might   be   something   like:
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ENVIRONMENT

67       GNUSTEP_CONFIG_FILE
68              is  used to determine where the GNUstep.sh configuration file is
69              located. If the variable is not set openapp tries to  locate  it
70              in  the  folder  where  openapp  was  started,  then in the user
71              domain, and as a last resort in the system domain  (or  actually
72              the place you configured (--with-config-file=) during building).
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HISTORY

82       Work on openapp started October 1997.
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84       openapp  was  originally  written by Ovidiu Predescu <ovidiu@net-commu‐
85       nity.com> and is now maintained by Nicola Pero  <nicola.pero@meta-inno‐
86       vation.com>
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AUTHORS

90       This  manual  page  was first written July 2003 by Martin Brecher <mar‐
91       tin@mb-itconsulting.com>.
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93       Updated with notes from Hubert Chathi  <uhoreg@debian.org>  and  Dennis
94       Leeuw <dleeuw@made-it.com>, December 2007 by Dennis Leeuw.
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