---
name: "oz"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mozart"
version: "1.4.0-8"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/oz"
---

# oz(1)

The Oz Programming Interface

## NAME

Oz - The Oz Programming Interface

## SYNOPSIS

**oz** \[*emacs* args \]

## DESCRIPTION

- **oz** starts up an Emacs process, passing to it all arguments given

  on the command line, creates a new buffer named *Oz*, and starts a Mozart sub-process.

The command used to invoke Emacs is determined through the following steps: If the environment variable *OZEMACS* is set, its contents is used.  Else, if a command named **emacs** is found in the *PATH*, this is used.  Else, if a command named **xemacs** is found in the *PATH*, this is used.  Else, if a command named **lemacs** is found in the *PATH*, this is used.

## SEE ALSO

Full documentation of the Mozart system and the Oz programming language is available through the the *mozart-doc* package, or from the mozart web page *www.mozart-oz.org*. See in particular the document *The Oz Programming Interface*.

[**ozc**(1)](/ozc/1.md), [**ozd**(1)](/ozd/1.md), [**ozengine**(1)](/ozengine/1.md), [**ozl**(1)](/ozl/1.md), [**oztool**(1)](/oztool/1.md), [**convertTextPickle**(1)](/convertTextPickle/1.md).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was compiled from the Mozart documentation because the original package does not have a manual page for oz.