NAME¶

openapp - launch applications from the command line

SYNOPSIS¶

openapp[--find][--debug [--gdb=debuger]] [--library-combo=library-combo]application[arguments...]

DESCRIPTION¶

Theopenappcommand allows you to launch graphical GNUstep applications from the command line.

applicationis the complete or relative name of the application program with or without the .app extension, likeInk.app.

argumentsare the arguments passed to the application.

openappfirst 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.

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 defaultgdb,but this can be changed with the--gdb=argument or through theGDBshell 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 thelibrary-combo(7)man-page for more information about the different library combinations.

--help

print above usage description.

EXAMPLES¶

StartInk.appwithout additional parameters:

openapp Ink.app

LaunchInk.appand pass it the--debugargument:

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 theGNUstep.shconfiguration file is located. If the variable is not setopenapptries to locate it in the folder whereopenappwas 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--debugis used.

SEEALSO¶

debugapp(1), GNUstep(7), gopen(1), library-combo(7), opentool(1)

HISTORY¶

Work onopenappstarted October 1997.

openappwas originally written by Ovidiu Predescu <ovidiu@net-community.com>and is now maintained by Nicola Pero <nicola.pero@meta-innovation.com>

AUTHORS¶

This manual page was first written July 2003 by Martin Brecher <martin@mb-itconsulting.com>.

Updated with notes from Hubert Chathi <uhoreg@debian.org> and Dennis Leeuw <dleeuw@made-it.com>, December 2007 by Dennis Leeuw.