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Re: neat trick with Opener
Cliff Matthews (no relation :-) writes:
> Executor-MSW can be run from the command line as long as it's
>pathname is fully qualified (i.e. starts with "/"). Similarly if the
>next argument is an executable app then that application will be run
>at start up, similarly if the arguments after that are the proper
>type documents for the executable then they'll be opened on startup.
>I think this should be enough for some resourceful soul to get things
>going.
I can't tell you how pleased I am to read this... I hadn't gotten
around to actually attempting to run a Mac app from the command line,
but I had hoped it was possible. A couple of questions:
1) Can you give us a list of the available command line options
for Executor-MSW, and a rough idea of what each one does? All
I was able to find in the User's Manual were "-dogmeat" and
"-noclock". I'd be interested in any others (especially any
relating to screen geometry).
2) When you execute Executor-MSW from the command line, do you
specify the path to the "executable app" as a "NeXT-based"
path or a "Mac-based" path? In other words, is it
/LocalApps/Executor-MSW.app/Executor-MSW /LocalApps/Executor-MSW.app/ExecutorVolume/Word/"Microsoft Word"
or is it
/LocalApps/Executor-MSW.app/Executor-MSW "ExecutorVolume:Word:Microsoft Word" ?
[sorry about the long lines]
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