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# Using GraphTerm with OTrace

GraphTerm was originally developed as a graphical front-end for otrace, an object-oriented python debugger. Any Python program can serve as a “host” and be connected to the GraphTerm server using the `gotrace` command:

    gotrace example.py

The above command loads `example.py` as a module and connects to the GraphTerm server for debugging. This program will appear in the list of hosts under the name `example`. Open the terminal session `example/osh` to connect to the otrace console, and issue the `run <function>` command to begin executing a function in `example.py`. You can also initiate program execution directly from the command line as follows:

    gotrace -f test example.py arg1 arg2

The above command executes the function `test(arg=[])` in `example.py`, where `arg` is a list of string arguments from the command line.

If you wish to use the otrace console features for multiplexing, without actually needing to a debug a program, you can use the `--oshell` option when using `gtermhost` to connect to the server.

(You can also embed code in a Python program to directly connect to the GraphTerm server for monitoring/debugging. See `gotrace.py` to find out how it can be done.)

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