NAME

       kaptain - Universal graphical front-end for command-line programs.

SYNOPSIS

       kaptain [options] file

DESCRIPTION

       kaptain  reads  the  given file and builds a user-friendly dialog according to the grammar
       rules found in it.

       See info kaptain for a detailed overview.

OPTIONS

       kaptain accepts the following options:

       -h, --help
              Show summary of options.

       -V     Run in verbose mode.

       --version
              Show version of program.

       --test Run in test mode. This means that commands  are  not  executed  when  a  button  is
              pressed, only printed to the standard output.

       -V, --verbose
              Report  more  information  on processing the input file. Internal representation of
              the grammar and the dialog tree is also printed. Use this flag if Kaptain does  not
              work as expected.

       -c <host:port>, --client <host:port>
              Establish  communication  channel  as  a  client  connecting  to a server on <host>
              listening on <port>.

       -s <port>, --server <port>
              Listen to the specified <port> and accept the first connection. This will  be  used
              as a communication channel.

       -p <command>, --pipe <command>
              Start  the  given command and communicate with it on its standard input and output.
              Don't forget to quote <command> if it contains spaces or other metacharacters  used
              by the shell.

       --stdio
              Use  standard  input and output for communication. In this case you must specify an
              input file, thus grammar script cannot be read from the standard input when  it  is
              used as a communication channel.

       --no-input
              Instructs Kaptain not to process messages received on the input channel.

       --no-output
              If this flag is set, Kaptain will not send any messages on its output channel.

AUTHOR

       Zsolt Terék <terek@users.sourceforge.net>.

                                        September 11, 2004                             KAPTAIN(1)