PRAAT-LAUNCH(1)

✨ PRAAT-LAUNCH ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because this little cutie is the wrapper for launching Praat with sound files or scripts as its argument 💅 like it's literally the glue between your terminal and your Praat era.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

praat-launch [file]

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so the praat-launch command is the moment where you get to open sound files or scripts with praat straight from the command line. no mouse, no clicking around, just vibes 🦋

the sound file can be any format accepted by Praat — for instance WAV, FLAC, or MP3. scripts are text files, usually with the .praat extension. iykyk 📝

if no argument is given, then a new instance of praat is started. brand new, fresh out the box, main character energy 👑

an existent instance of the Praat program is used for opening the file. and if there is no instance running, a new one is created. so like, it just handles it for you, no cap 🫶

this program is intended to be used with the desktop file present in the Debian distribution, but may be useful to regular users too. so yes, even if you're just a regular user, this one's for you 💜

ngl the way it just quietly reuses your running Praat instead of spawning a whole new one? obsessed. iconic behaviour fr fr ✨

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🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

Rafael Laboissière rafael@laboissiere.net

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

for further information, see the Praat website http://www.praat.org. go check it out bestie, it's giving resources 🌈

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and that's the whole page, babe 💅 this lil cutie comes from the Debian User Commands corner of the world, dated 2023-12-04, and yeah, that's the source and version and date all wrapped up in one adorable bow 🎀 take care of her, she's iconic 💖