CLI App Open

ed app open

Opens Edith's main window.

ed app open [--json]

Name	Type / values	Default	What it does
--json	flag	off	Emit JSON on stdout.

--json shape:

{
  "action": "open",
  "requested": true
}

Examples:

ed app open
ed app open --json

Without --json it prints open requested. The guard is on the menu bar helper, not the window: the helper is what receives the request and launches or activates the main app, so ed app open exits 4 when the helper is closed even though what it opens is the window. It is the counterpart to ed app quit. When neither process is running, ed app relaunch is what starts Edith from cold.

Where to go next

• ed app, the rest of this group
• All ed commands