Re: GNUstep "open" tool

[Pascal Bourguignon]

Gregory Casamento <greg_casamento@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> I will set to work on implementing the features listed below.   I am a bit
> concerned about the "-p" and "-NXHost" features as these aren't very well
> supported under GNUstep at the moment.
> 
> Later, GJC

To implement  the -NXHost feature,  we only need an  interface between
the  front-end and  the back-end  of  the GUI.  The implementation  of
-NXHost on X based GUIs (xgps and xdps) should be as simple as setting
the DISPLAY environment variable (or -display CLI option).

DISPLAY=otherhost:0.0 GNUstep/Apps/AnApp.app/AnApp  works already.

 
> --- Tom Hageman <trh@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > open(1)             UNIX Programmer's Manual              open(1)
> > 
> > NAME
> >      open - open files
> > 
> > SYNOPSIS
> >      open [ -a app ] [ -o ] [ -p ] [ -NXHost hostname ] filename
> >      ...
> > 
> > DESCRIPTION
> >      The open command opens a file (or a directory), just as if
> >      you had double-clicked the file's icon.
> > 
> >      You can specify one or more file names (or pathnames), which
> >      are interpreted relative to the Shell or Terminal window's
> >      current working directory.  For example, the following com-
> >      mand would open all WriteNow files in the current working
> >      directory:
> > 
> >           open *.wn
> > 
> > ARGUMENTS
> >      -a       specifies an application to use for opening the
> >               file.
> > 
> >      -o       opens the file (can be used in combination with
> >               -p).
> > 
> >      -p       causes the file to be printed instead of opened.
> > 
> >      -NXHost  opens the file on the specified host (if its window
> >               server is public).


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