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)