debugapp(1)

✨ debugapp — like, the manual page but make it make sense ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about debugapp from the GNUstep System Manual (yes it's a (1) — that means it's a user command, iykyk 💅).

🌸 NAME 🌸

debugapp — it's literally just a wrapper for openapp, no cap. 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

debugapp [--find] [--gdb=...] application [arguments...]

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

So here's the vibe: debugapp is a lil tool that helps you start or find applications by name, but in debugging mode 🐛✨. It's basically a wrapper hanging around openapp, and what it does is call openapp with the --debug option.

🫶 real talk though — the page itself says we recommend using openapp directly. so like, debugapp is the cute middleman, but you can absolutely go straight to the source.

By default, gdb is the debugger it uses 🎀 — but you can switch that up with the --gdb= option, or by way of the GDB environment variable. your call, main character 🌈.

The arguments you pass in? Those are the arguments passed to the application. that's it, that's the whole job. periodt 💅.

And if you want the complete description of what's going on here, go read the openapp(1) man-page. it's giving "the full lore is over there" 📖✨.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• openapp(1) — go read it bestie, fr fr

💀 HISTORY 💀

The work on debugapp started way back in October 1997 by Ovidiu Predescu <ovidiu@net-community.com> — like, ancient history, iconic behavior honestly 🌟.

Then in October 2006, Nicola Pero <nicola.pero@meta-innovation.com> merged it with openapp. the crossover event nobody asked for but everybody needed 🫶.

🎀 AUTHORS 🎀

This man page was written by Dennis Leeuw <dleeuw@made-it.com> 💜. thank you for your service, king.

and that's the whole page, bestie!! no notes, we ate 🍓✨

💖 this one's from GNUstep, dated 16/12/2007 — so yeah, she's a vintage icon, and she still slays. 👑

okay bye ily, go debug something 💅🌈