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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
   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 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.

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-
   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.



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