KROSS(1)

📦 version 4.14.38, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 KROSS 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for kross — part of the KDE User's Manual set, manual section 1 (that's "user commands", iykyk). it's the lil tool that just... runs your kross scripts. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

kross — the KDE application that runs kross scripts. periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

like, you call kross, you can sprinkle in some options, and you hand it files. that's it. that's the whole thing 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

kross executes kross scripts — and not just in one language, no ma'am. it handles scripts written in:

  • KDE Javascript
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • Java
  • Falcon

five languages, one lil command. it's giving multilingual icon behavior 🌈

✨ GENERIC OPTIONS ✨

the standard-issue stuff every KDE app rolls up with. nothing spicy, but you need 'em:

  • --author — shows you who made this. the author info, right there.
  • --help — help about options. your bestie when you're lost 🫶
  • --help-all — shows you all the options. every single one. no gatekeeping.
  • --help-kde — shows only the KDE-specific options.
  • --help-qt — shows only the Qt-specific options.
  • --license — shows the license info. gotta know your rights 💜
  • -v--version — shows version information. (yes, that's exactly how it's written. don't come for me, I'm just the messenger 😭)

✨ APPLICATION OPTIONS ✨

  • file... — the files with the scripts to run. one or many, your call, main character energy either way 👑

✨ USAGE ✨

so like, when you run kross file, it runs the script inside file — but first it loads up the interpreter plugin for whatever script language that file is in. and how does it know the language?? by the filename suffix. detective work, honestly 🔍

⚠️ real talk: if you wanna interpret languages other than KDE Javascript, you need kdebindings installed. no kdebindings, no Python/Ruby/Java/Falcon for you. sorry bestie 💀

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go read these too, they're all part of the extended universe:

and if you want more info and tutorials, go look at http://kross.dipe.org/solution.html ✨

✨ BUGS ✨

ngl there are probably tons of bugs. like, a lot. the manual literally says so. 😭

if you find one, use bugs.kde.org[1] to report it. do your civic duty, bestie 🫶

✨ AUTHOR ✨

  • Sebastian Sauer <mail@dipe.org> — Author.

✨ NOTES ✨

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

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 this manual was version 0.01.01 and it's dated 2008-10-22 — a certified vintage classic, an elder icon, we stan a 2008 legend 👑💖 slay, go run some scripts ✨

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