---
name: "GWorkspace"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gworkspace.app"
version: "1.1.0-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/GWorkspace"
---

# GWorkspace(1)

GNUstep Workspace Manager

## NAME

GWorkspace - GNUstep Workspace Manager

## SYNOPSIS

**GWorkspace**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **GWorkspace** GNUstep application. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**GWorkspace** is the official GNUstep workspace manager. It is a clone of NeXT's workspace manager.

The first time you run **GWorkspace** you must set some preferences:\
 **GWorkspace** needs a default editor to work. It can also be an app-wrapper.  To set your editor, open the preferences window and choose “Default Editor” from the pop-up, then click on the “choose” button: from an open-panel you will be able to browse your directories and choose the editor.\
 **GWorkspace** lets you open a terminal on the current directory (alt-t).  To set your preferred terminal (the default is “xterm”), choose “XTerminal” from the pop-up.

There are several accompanying programs which normally are not intended to be invoked directly by the user.  Some of them run as daemons and are launched by **GWorkspace** itself.  Here is a short description:

### Recycler

Acts as a “trashcan”; files deleted from the **GWorkspace** menu “Move to Recycler” can be restored.  Can be docked.

### ddbd

This daemon is responsible for maintaining the **GWorkspace** database, located at *$HOME/GNUstep/Library/ddbd*.

### fswatcher

Filesystem watcher daemon.

### lsfupdater

A tool that updates the “Live Folders”.

### searchtool

A helper tool for **GWorkspace**'s Finder module.

### wopen

A tool to open files via **GWorkspace**.  This program is specifically designed to be invoked by the user.  It accepts one argument, the filename to be opened, which can be relative or absolute.  **GWorkspace** must be running.

## MODULES

Besides its standard Contents Inspectors, that is, App, Folder, Image,  Sound, Pdf-Ps, Rtf, text, Plist, Strings and Inspector viewers, **GWorkspace** can dynamically load other modules which you can build  separately. It is sufficient to put them in a place where **GWorkspace** looks for them, for example: ~/GNUstep/Library/GWorkspace.\
 In the same way you can add other viewers besides the standard Browser,  Icon and Small Icons viewers. If you want to write a new inspector or a new viewer, take a look in the Template directory.

## LANGUAGES

**GWorkspace** speaks English, French, German, Italian and Romanian.

## OPTIONS

Like most GNUstep applications, **GWorkspace** does not support any command-line options (except the standard GNUstep ones).

## SEE ALSO

**http://www.gnustep.it/enrico/gworkspace/**\
 **http://www.gnustep.org/**\
 [**GNUstep**(7)](/GNUstep/7.md)\
 [**openapp**(1)](/openapp/1.md)\
 [**defaults**(1)](/defaults/1.md)