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.