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gozilla: force mozilla to display specified source file.

NAME

gozilla - force mozilla to display specified source file.

SYNOPSIS

gozilla [-b browser][-p][+no] file
gozilla [-b browser][-p] -d name

DESCRIPTION

Gozilla force mozilla to display specified source file as a hypertext. Gozilla can be used with other browsers like firefox and epiphany.

In advance of using this command, you must execute gtags(1) and htags(1) at the root directory of the source tree to make tag files. Then you can execute gozilla at anywhere in the source tree.

First form:
You can specify source file and the line number optionally.

Second form:
You can specify definition name directly. Definition name must exist in 'GTAGS' tag file.

Some browsers require you to load it before executing gozilla. Whether or not gozilla waits for exiting of browser depends on browser.

OPTIONS

The following options are available:

+no

line number. It must be a line on which function definition or function reference is exist. If you execute htags(1) with -l option, you can specify any line.

-b browser

browser to use. By default, it is assumed mozilla.

-d name

print function.

--help

Show help.

-p

just print generated target URL.

file

path of source file or alias name.

-q, --quiet

Quiet mode.

-v, --verbose

Verbose mode.

--version

Show version number.

FILES

'HTML/'

hypertext of source tree.

'GTAGS/'

tags file for function definitions.

'$HOME/.gozillarc'

alias file. Please read source code for the detail.

ENVIRONMENT

GTAGSROOT

The directory which is the root of source tree.

GTAGSDBPATH

The directory on which gtags database exist. This value is ignored when GTAGSROOT is not defined.

BROWSER

browser to use. By default, it is assumed mozilla.

EXAMPLES

        $ gtags
        $ htags
        $ global -x main
        main              82 ctags.c          main(argc, argv)
        $ mozilla &
        $ gozilla +82 ctags.c

        $ firefox &
        $ gozilla -b firefox +82 ctags.c

        $ setenv BROWSER 'epiphany --new-tab'
        $ epiphany &
        $ gozilla +82 ctags.c

DIAGNOSTICS

Gozilla exits with a non 0 value if an error occurred, 0 otherwise.

NOTES

Gozilla means 'Global for mozilla'.

BUGS

Gozilla can treat not only source file but also normal file, directory, HTML file and even URL, because it is omnivorous.

AUTHORS

Tama Communications Corporation.

HISTORY

The gozilla command appeared in FreeBSD 2.2.2 but did not installed by default.