openapp - launch applications from the command line
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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 folders in the following order: User (i.e. ~/GNUstep/Applications),
Local, Network, System. First match wins.
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.
Examples
Start Ink.app without additional parameters:
openappInk.app
Launch Ink.app and pass it the --debug argument:
openapp--debugInk.app
To determine which executable is launched by openapp, type:
openapp--findInk.app
The output of the above command might be something like: /usr/GNUstep/Local/Applications/Ink.app/InkHistory
Work on openapp started October 1997.
openapp was originally written by Ovidiu Predescu <ovidiu@net-community.com> and is now maintained by
Nicola Pero <nicola.pero@meta-innovation.com>
Name
openapp - launch applications from the command line
Options
--findapplication
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.
--debugapplication
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
library combinations.
--help print above usage description.
See Also
debugapp(1), GNUstep(7), gopen(1), library-combo(7), opentool(1)
Synopsis
openapp [--find] [--debug [--gdb=debuger]] [ --library-combo=library-combo ] application [arguments...]
