gtk2/docs/reference/gtk/gtk-launch.xml
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
]>
<refentry id="gtk-launch">
<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>
</refentry>