From 9a9bc43a9b9ce582053637a9bfa646c7c55d7673 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kat <65649991+00-kat@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 19:10:52 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Mention macOS' `open` in the CLI help messages.

---
 src/cli/help.zig     | 4 +++-
 src/main_ghostty.zig | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/cli/help.zig b/src/cli/help.zig
index 32cdfa303..6c989fd0c 100644
--- a/src/cli/help.zig
+++ b/src/cli/help.zig
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ pub fn run(alloc: Allocator) !u8 {
         \\`ghostty -e top` will run the `top` command inside the terminal.
         \\
         \\On macOS, launching the terminal emulator from the CLI is not
-        \\supported and only actions are supported.
+        \\supported and only actions are supported. Use `open -na Ghostty.app`
+        \\instead, or `open -na ghostty.app --args --foo=bar --baz=quz` to pass
+        \\arguments.
         \\
         \\Available actions:
         \\
diff --git a/src/main_ghostty.zig b/src/main_ghostty.zig
index 7560423db..6a4688dc7 100644
--- a/src/main_ghostty.zig
+++ b/src/main_ghostty.zig
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ pub fn main() !MainReturn {
             \\(i.e. Ghostty.app on macOS). This CLI can be used to perform various
             \\actions such as inspecting the version, listing fonts, etc.
             \\
+            \\On macOS, the terminal can also be launched using `open -na Ghostty.app`,
+            \\or `open -na Ghostty.app --args --foo=bar --baz=qux` to pass arguments.
+            \\
             \\We don't have proper help output yet, sorry! Please refer to the
             \\source code or Discord community for help for now. We'll fix this in time.
             \\