KAPTAIN(1)						      General Commands Manual							KAPTAIN(1)

NAME

       kaptain - Universal graphical front-end for command-line programs.

SYNOPSIS

       kaptain [options] file

DESCRIPTION

       kaptain reads the given file and builds a user-friendly dialog according to the grammar rules found in it.

       See info kaptain for a detailed overview.

OPTIONS

       kaptain accepts the following options:

       -h, --help
	      Show summary of options.

       -V     Run in verbose mode.

       --version
	      Show version of program.

       --test Run in test mode. This means that commands are not executed when a button is pressed, only printed to the standard output.

       -V, --verbose
	      Report  more  information  on processing the input file. Internal representation of the grammar and the dialog tree is also printed.
	      Use this flag if Kaptain does not work as expected.

       -c <host:port>, --client <host:port>
	      Establish communication channel as a client connecting to a server on <host> listening on <port>.

       -s <port>, --server <port>
	      Listen to the specified <port> and accept the first connection. This will be used as a communication channel.

       -p <command>, --pipe <command>
	      Start the given command and communicate with it on its standard input and output. Don't forget to quote  <command>  if  it  contains
	      spaces or other metacharacters used by the shell.

       --stdio
	      Use  standard  input  and  output for communication. In this case you must specify an input file, thus grammar script cannot be read
	      from the standard input when it is used as a communication channel.

       --no-input
	      Instructs Kaptain not to process messages received on the input channel.

       --no-output
	      If this flag is set, Kaptain will not send any messages on its output channel.

AUTHOR

       Zsolt Terek <terek@users.sourceforge.net>.

								September 11, 2004							KAPTAIN(1)