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Re: [Gnumed-devel] packaging help needed - TWAIN, XSANE, SANE


From: Karsten Hilbert
Subject: Re: [Gnumed-devel] packaging help needed - TWAIN, XSANE, SANE
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:03:56 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14)

On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 08:46:06AM -0700, Jim Busser wrote:

> >>On the Mac, a shell command of the following
> >>form can invoke any .app:
> >>
> >>    open -a <appName> (caveat: any spaces must be escaped "\")
> >
> >What does the -a stand for ?
> 
> it allows to specify the application with which to open a file (if
> one is specified) and thereby bypassing what would have been its
> default application. It also allows omits having to specify the
> pathname to the application

I see. I put a comment next to the relevant code for
future reference.

Karsten
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