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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers some important Q ! plz answer Post 302169938 by Ali87 on Saturday 23rd of February 2008 05:56:20 AM
Old 02-23-2008
Q abt open source ! Plz answer

Hii everybody here

first of all i'm soo soo happy to join Unix people ...

I was using computer from age 7 till now i'm 20 Smilie


but in the past 2 years i used linux ( Ubuntu )

and i have a small Q !

while the linux is open source so how could I make changes to the application !
for example any application for mail ! how could i improve it by myself as its open source so i can change in it ! am I right and thanks aloot

Last edited by Ali87; 02-23-2008 at 07:01 AM..
 

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gnome-open(1)							   User Commands						     gnome-open(1)

NAME
gnome-open - open a file using the appropriate application SYNOPSIS
gnome-open [gnome-std-options] URL DESCRIPTION
gnome-open opens a file from the command line by launching the appropriate application that is associated with the file mime type. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: gnome-std-options Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more information. OPERANDS
The following operands are supported: URL Specifies the name of the URL to open. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Opening a Text File in the Home Directory example% gnome-open README.txt ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH. EXIT STATUS
The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure. FILES
The following files are used by this application: /usr/bin/gnome-open Executable to open a file using the appropriate application ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-libs | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |Volatile | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform. attributes(5), environ(5), gnome-std-options(5) NOTES
Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004. SunOS 5.11 6 Sep 2004 gnome-open(1)
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