boa-constructor (1)

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

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.

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.

python(1).

The program contains an integrated help and a little tutorial.

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