SYNOPSIS

boa-constructor [-CDTSBERhv] [-O directory] [--Constricted] [--Debug] [--Trace] [--StartupFile] [--BlockHomePrefs] [--EmptyEditor [--RemoteDebugServer] [--help] [--version] [files...]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the boa-constructor command. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

boa-constructor is an IDE and a RAD tool for creating cross-platform applications built on top of the Python language and the WxWindows GUI toolkit.

OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

-O, --OverridePrefsDirName directory

Specify a different directory to load preferences from. Default is $HOME/.boa-constructor and is used if it exists. Directory will be created (and populated) if it does not exist.

-C, --Constricted

Run in constricted mode, overrides the preferences.

-D, --Debug

Run the first filename passed on the command-line in the Debugger on startup.

-T, --Trace

Run in trace mode. Used for tracking down core dumps. Every function call is logged to a file which can later be parsed for a traceback.

-S, --StartupFile

Execute the script pointed to by $BOASTARTUP or $PYTHONSTARTUP in the Shell namespace. The Editor object is available as sys.boa_ide. Overrides the preferences.

-B, --BlockHomePrefs

Prevent the $HOME directory being used.

-E, --EmptyEditor

Don't open the files that were open last time Boa was closed.

-R, --RemoteDebugServer

Run the first filename passed on the command-line in a Remote Debugger Server that can be connected to over a socket.

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

-v, --version

Show version of program.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Cedric Delfosse <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).