#1581 can't start x64sc from command line when specifying a file name

[ftc]

I am on MacOS here (Catalina 10.15.7), on a intel Mac. I've tried various versions of x64sc 3.5, including also the latest build, and also including the SDL version. I can start vice just fine from the command line, like this:

~/c64/vice-gtk3-3.5-r40507/x64sc.app/Contents/MacOS/x64sc

However, it crashes if I specify a file name. Like this:

~/c64/vice-gtk3-3.5-r40507/x64sc.app/Contents/MacOS/x64sc mydemo.d64

What happens is that the icon turns up in the dock, and it is visible for a short while, but no window appears, and the dock icon goes away. In fact, it doesn't seem that I can submit any parameters on the command line. The following doesn't work either:

~/c64/vice-gtk3-3.5-r40507/x64sc.app/Contents/MacOS/x64sc --help

If I go back to version 3.1, I can specify a filename like this without problems. So, I can do:

~/c64/vice_3.1/x64sc.app/Contents/MacOS/x64sc mydemo.d64

No problems to run mydemo.d64 there, or to add the --help parameter and get the expected help information printed out.

In MacOS, I use the default zsh. Trying the same things in Bash doesn't solve any of the problems.

[dqh]

The .app files are not meant to be used that way at the moment, which is why there is a top level bin folder with launch scripts in it. try:

~/c64/vice-gtk3-3.5-r40507/bin/x64sc mydemo.d64

[ftc]

Your suggestion works fine! Thank you.