command line examples

Todd Geist todd at geistinteractive.com
Fri May 6 11:20:31 EDT 2011


Thanks very much for your response, but I don't think that is actually doing
anything other than starting the application using the OS.  It is just as if
you double clicked it.  I don't think that is what I am looking for.  I
think I am looking for command line mode

Todd

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Matthias Rebbe <runrev260805 at m-r-d.de>wrote:

> Hi Todd,
>
> you have to use open on Mac os x
>
> E.g.  open 'served.app'    would open the application served.app.
>
> If your are not in the folder, where the application resides you can use
> also paths
>
> open /whateverfolder/served.app
>
> HTH
>
>
> Matthias
>
> Am 06.05.2011 um 16:56 schrieb Todd Geist:
>
> > I just stumbled on something that would make me sad.
> >
> > It seems that maybe command line mode has been removed in anything after
> > version 4.  Id this is true then I think it is very sad.
> >
> > Can anyone confirm this?
> >
> > Todd
> >
> > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Todd Geist <todd at geistinteractive.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I had nice long chat with Richard Gaskin yesterday. Amongst the myriad
> of
> >> topics we discussed was how to build simple apps that could be started
> from
> >> the command line and run silently in the back ground.  I have been
> trying to
> >> do a little R and D on this idea, but I am stymied by the fact that I
> can't
> >> even get an app to launch via the command line.  I have searched the
> docs
> >> and searched on line, and It seems as though this can be done. But I
> can't
> >> find any really documentation on it, or any examples.
> >>
> >> I have an standalone called "served.app"  What is the terminal command
> that
> >> will launch it?  Are there special messages sent to the stack when it is
> >> launched this way?  What are the options that can be passed?  I have
> heard a
> >> rumor that there is  an option "-ui", but I have not as yet seen proof
> of
> >> it's existence.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any examples or articles on how this is done?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Todd
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Todd Geist
> >> ------------------------------
> >> geist interactive <http://www.geistinteractive.com>
> >> 805-419-9382
> >>
> >
> >
> > Todd Geist
> > ------------------------------
> > geist interactive <http://www.geistinteractive.com>
> > 805-419-9382
> > _______________________________________________
> > use-livecode mailing list
> > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your
> subscription preferences:
> > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> use-livecode mailing list
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your
> subscription preferences:
> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
>


Todd Geist
------------------------------
geist interactive <http://www.geistinteractive.com>
805-419-9382



More information about the use-livecode mailing list