NAME

       gopen - open files

SYNOPSIS

       gopen [-a application] [-o] [-p] [-NXHost hostname] [filename]

DESCRIPTION

       The gopen command allows you open a file (or directory) as if you had double clicked the object's icon.

       It  is  possible  to  specify one or more filenames which are interpreted relative to the current working
       directory.

       By default, gopen will open filename with the application currently assigned to the file's extension. But
       by  specifying  the  -a  flag  on  the  command  line  you  can  tell gopen to open the file with another
       application.

       You can also directly print a file without ( -p ) or with ( -p -o ) opening it.

       As with most other GNUstep software, it is easily possible to attach  the  process  to  a  remote  window
       server using the -NXHost flag.

OPTIONS

       -a application
              use application to open filename

       -o     open filename (may be used in conjunction with -p ).

       -p     print filename instead of opening.

       -NXHost hostname
              attach to remote window server on hostname

EXAMPLES

       Open all files with a .txt extension in the current directory:

       gopen *.txt

       To open a source file in CodeEditor (instead of the current default application), type:

       gopen -a CodeEditor MySourceFile.m

       To print the .plan file in your home folder, use the -p flag:

       gopen -p ~/.plan

BUGS

       Using  the  -a  application  argument, gopen allows you to open any kind of file with any application you
       want. This does, however, not work with applications employing the NSDocument architecture as  they  will
       only  receive  filenames  whose  types  the  application  has registered.  To circumvent this limitation,
       applications may advertise their ability to open all kinds of files through the "*" filetype.  When gopen
       is used with only the -a application argument but no filename
        present, the application is simply launched without opening a specific file.

SEE ALSO

       GNUstep(7), openapp(1)

HISTORY

       gopen was written November 2001.

       This manual page was first written July 2003.

AUTHORS

       gopen was written by Gregory Casamento <greg_casamento@yahoo.com>.

       This man page was written by Martin Brecher <martin@mb-itconsulting.com>.