gtk2/docs/reference/gtk/gtk-launch.xml

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<refentryinfo>
  <title>gtk-launch</title>
  <productname>GTK+</productname>
  <authorgroup>
    <author>
      <contrib>Developer</contrib>
      <firstname>Tomáš</firstname>
      <surname>Bžatek</surname>
      <email>tbzatek@redhat.com</email>
    </author>
  </authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>
  <refentrytitle>gtk-launch</refentrytitle>
  <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  <refmiscinfo class="manual">User Commands</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>

<refnamediv>
  <refname>gtk-launch</refname>
  <refpurpose>Launch an application</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>gtk-launch</command>
<arg>APPLICATION</arg>
<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">URI</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1><title>Description</title>
<para>
<command>gtk-launch</command> launches an application using the given name.
The application is started with proper startup notification on a default
display, unless specified otherwise.
</para>
<para>
<command>gtk-launch</command> takes at least one argument, the name of
the application to launch. The name should match application desktop file name,
as residing in /usr/share/application, with or without the '.desktop' suffix.
</para>
<para>
If called with more than one argument, the rest of them besides the application
name are considered URI locations and are passed as arguments to the launched
application.
</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1><title>Options</title>
  <para>The following options are understood:</para>
  <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
    <term><option>-?</option>, <option>--help</option></term>
      <listitem><para>Prints a short help text and exits.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
</refsect1>

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