title: How can I launch an external application from a Java GUI in Linux?
body: <p>I'm creating a Java application that helps people to learn Chinese. I've already created a Java GUI but I'm struggling to work out how to create a button that launches an external application in a new window.</p>
  
  <p>I've looked up various tutorials on process, desktop and runtime but they all seem to deal with outputting data on the console, and I can't figure out how to apply them to this case.</p>
  
  <p>Any help at all would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!</p>
  
  <p>EDIT</p>
  
  <p>So I've incorporated the runtime code into my class and I've got it to list the contents of my file but can't get it to launch the application using "/home/kate/Desktop/PTAMM ./PTAMM" or "./PTAMM /home/kate/Desktop/PTAMM" or "./ home/kate/Desktop/PTAMM PTAMM" (I tried the last two out of desperation). Any suggestions? Thanks!</p>