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.TH BOA-CONSTRUCTOR 1 "13 May 2003"
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.SH NAME
boa-constructor \- RAD tool for Python and WxWindows
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B boa-constructor
.BI [\-CDTSBERhv]
.B [\-O directory]
.B [\-\-Constricted]
.B [\-\-Debug]
.B [\-\-Trace]
.B [\-\-StartupFile]
.B [\-\-BlockHomePrefs]
.B [\-\-EmptyEditor
.B [\-\-RemoteDebugServer]
.B [\-\-help]
.B [\-\-version]
.B [files...]

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.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
.B boa-constructor
command.
This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.
.PP
\fBboa-constructor\fP is an IDE and a RAD tool for creating cross-platform applications built on top of the Python language and the WxWindows GUI toolkit.
.SH OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (`-').
A summary of options is included below.
.TP
.B \-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.
.TP
.B \-C, \-\-Constricted
Run in constricted mode, overrides the preferences.
.TP
.B \-D, \-\-Debug
Run the first filename passed on the command-line in the Debugger on startup.
.TP
.B \-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.
.TP
.B \-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.
.TP
.B \-B, \-\-BlockHomePrefs
Prevent the $HOME directory being used.
.TP
.B \-E, \-\-EmptyEditor
Don't open the files that were open last time Boa was closed.
.TP
.B \-R, \-\-RemoteDebugServer
Run the first filename passed on the command-line in a Remote Debugger Server that can be connected to over a socket.
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Show summary of options.
.TP
.B \-v, \-\-version
Show version of program.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR python (1).
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The program contains an integrated help and a little tutorial.
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Cedric Delfosse <cedric@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).