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.\" Title: exo-open
.\" Author: [see the "Author" section]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\" Date: 05/21/2010
.\" Manual: Xfce User\'s Manual
.\" Source: Xfce
.\" Language: English
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.TH "EXO\-OPEN" "1" "05/21/2010" "Xfce" "Xfce User\'s Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
exo-open \- Open URLs and launch preferred applications
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBexo\-open\fR\ 'u
\fBexo\-open\fR [[url]...]
.HP \w'\fBexo\-open\fR\ 'u
\fBexo\-open\fR \-\-launch [category] [[parameter]...]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBexo\-open\fR
is a command line frontend to the
\fBXfce Preferred Applications\fR
framework\&. It can either be used to open a list of
\fIurl\fRs with the default URL handler or launch the preferred application for a certain category\&.
.SH "INVOCATION"
.PP
\fBexo\-open\fR
either takes a list of URLs and tries to open each of them using the default handler, or, when using the
\fB\-\-launch\fR
tries to launch the preferred application for a certain category, optionally passing any number of
\fIparameter\fRs to the application\&.
.SS "Options"
.PP
\fB\-?\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Print brief help and exit\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
.RS 4
Print version information and exit\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-working\-directory\fR \fIdirectory\fR
.RS 4
When using the
\fB\-\-launch\fR
option and this option is specified as well, the application will be run in the given
\fIdirectory\fR\&. This is primarily useful when running the preferred
\fBTerminalEmulator\fR
from another application and you want the command in the terminal window to be run in a specific directory\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-launch\fR \fIcategory\fR \fIparameters\&.\&.\&.\fR
.RS 4
Launch the preferred application for the given
\fIcategory\fR
with the optional
\fIparameters\&.\&.\&.\fR, where
\fIcategory\fR
is either
\fBWebBrowser\fR,
\fBMailReader\fR
or
\fBTerminalEmulator\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
If you do not specify the
\fB\-\-launch\fR
option,
\fBexo\-open\fR
will open all specified URLs with their preferred URL handlers\&. Else, if you specify the
\fB\-\-launch\fR
option, you can select which preferred application you want to run, and pass additional
\fIparameters\fR
to the application (i\&.e\&. for
\fBTerminalEmulator\fR
you can pass the command line that should be run in the terminal)\&.
.SH "COMPOSING EMAILS"
.PP
\fBexo\-open\fR
allows users and developers to open the preferred email composer from the command line by simply invoking
\fBexo\-open mailto:USER@HOST\&.TLD\fR\&. This will open the composer window with
\fIUSER@HOST\&.TLD\fR
as the recipient\&. This syntax is supported by all
\fBMailReader\fRs\&. In addition the
\fBMailReader\fRs that ship as part of libexo also support extended mailto:\-URIs (but be aware that user\-defined mailers do not necessarily support this), which allows you to also specify default values for the subject and the body of the mail, add additional recipients (both Cc: and To:) and attach files to emails\&. For example
\fImailto:foo@foo\&.org?cc=bar@bar\&.org&subject=Foo&attach=/foo/bar\&.txt\fR
tells the composer to start an email to foo@foo\&.org and bar@bar\&.org with Foo in the subject and the file /foo/bar\&.txt attached to the message\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBexo\-open\fR
was written by Benedikt Meurer
benny@xfce\&.org\&.
.PP
This manual page was provided by Benedikt Meurer
benny@xfce\&.org\&.
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