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kross

KROSS(1)							 KDE User's Manual							  KROSS(1)

NAME

       kross - KDE application to run kross scripts.

SYNOPSIS

       kross [--help] [Generic-options] [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

       kross executes kross scripts written in KDE Javascript, Python, Ruby, Java and Falcon.

GENERIC OPTIONS

       --author
	   Show author information.

       --help
	   Show help about options.

       --help-all
	   Show all options.

       --help-kde
	   Show KDE specific options.

       --help-qt
	   Show Qt specific options.

       --license
	   Show license information.

       -v--version
	   Show version information

APPLICATION OPTIONS

       file...
	   The files with the scripts to run.

USAGE

       krossfile runs the script in file after loading the interpreter plugin for the script language (detected by filename suffix).

       To interpret other languages than KDE Javascript, kdebindings must be installed.

SEE ALSO

       kdeoptions(7), qtoptions(7), python(1), ruby(1), kjs(1), java(1), falcon(1)

       Look at http://kross.dipe.org/solution.html for more information and tutorials.

BUGS

       There are probably tons of bugs. Use bugs.kde.org[1] to report them.

AUTHOR

       Sebastian Sauer <mail@dipe.org>
	   Author.

NOTES

	1. bugs.kde.org
	   http://bugs.kde.org

0.01.01 							    2008-10-22								  KROSS(1)