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<h1>Start a graphical user interface (GUI) based on the <code>gWidgetsWWW2</code> toolkit.</h1>
<small class="dont-index">Source: <a href='http://github.com/jranke/gmkin/blob/master/R/gmkin.R'><code>R/gmkin.R</code></a></small>
<div class="hidden name"><code>gmkin.Rd</code></div>
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<p>This function starts a browser based GUI. Please visit the
<a href='http://github.com/jverzani/gWidgetsWWW2'>github page of gWidgetsWWW2</a>
for an explanation how this toolkit works.</p>
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<pre class="usage"><span class='fu'>gmkin</span><span class='op'>(</span><span class='va'>script_name</span>, show.log <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='cn'>FALSE</span><span class='op'>)</span></pre>
<h2 class="hasAnchor" id="arguments"><a class="anchor" href="#arguments"></a>Arguments</h2>
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<th>script_name</th>
<td><p>During development, a script name with a local working
version of gmkin can be passed. Defaults to the location of the gmkin.R
script shipped with the package.</p></td>
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<th>show.log</th>
<td><p>During development, it may be useful to see the log of the
Rook apps.</p></td>
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<h2 class="hasAnchor" id="value"><a class="anchor" href="#value"></a>Value</h2>
<p>The function is called for its side effect, namely starting the GUI
in a browser. For the curious, the desperate or the adventurous, the gmkin
app (a GWidgetsApp object) is returned.</p>
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