diff --git a/eeshow/gui.c b/eeshow/gui.c
index c70ff0b..bcdff7f 100644
--- a/eeshow/gui.c
+++ b/eeshow/gui.c
@@ -599,7 +599,27 @@ static void get_git(struct gui_ctx *ctx, const char *sch_name)
 }
 
 
-int gui(const struct sheet *sheets, const char *sch_name)
+static struct sheet *parse_sheets(int n_args, char **args, bool recurse)
+{
+	struct lib lib;
+	struct sch_ctx sch_ctx;
+	struct file sch_file;
+	int i;
+
+	sch_init(&sch_ctx, recurse);
+	file_open(&sch_file, args[n_args - 1], NULL);
+
+	lib_init(&lib);
+	for (i = 0; i != n_args - 1; i++)
+		lib_parse(&lib, args[i], &sch_file);
+	sch_parse(&sch_ctx, &sch_file, &lib);
+	file_close(&sch_file);
+
+	return sch_ctx.sheets;
+}
+
+
+int gui(unsigned n_args, char **args, bool recurse)
 {
 	GtkWidget *window;
 	struct gui_ctx ctx = {
@@ -612,8 +632,8 @@ int gui(const struct sheet *sheets, const char *sch_name)
 		.aois		= NULL,
 	};
 
-	get_sheets(&ctx, sheets);
-	get_git(&ctx, sch_name);
+	get_sheets(&ctx, parse_sheets(n_args, args, recurse));
+	get_git(&ctx, args[n_args - 1]);
 
 	window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
 
diff --git a/eeshow/gui.h b/eeshow/gui.h
index 4c7c181..c5528d6 100644
--- a/eeshow/gui.h
+++ b/eeshow/gui.h
@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@
 #ifndef GUI_H
 #define	GUI_H
 
-#include "sch.h"
+#include <stdbool.h>
 
+/*
+ * Note: this isn't (argc, argv) ! args stars right with the first file name
+ * and there is no NULL at the end.
+ */
 
-int gui(const struct sheet *sheets, const char *sch_name);
+int gui(unsigned n_args, char **args, bool recurse);
 
 #endif /* !GUI_H */
diff --git a/eeshow/main.c b/eeshow/main.c
index a8e4744..4187ae8 100644
--- a/eeshow/main.c
+++ b/eeshow/main.c
@@ -146,6 +146,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (dashdash - optind < 1)
 		usage(*argv);
 
+	if (!have_dashdash) {
+		unsigned n = argc - optind;
+		char **args;
+
+		args = alloc_size(sizeof(char *) * n);
+		memcpy(args, argv + optind, sizeof(const char *) * n);
+	
+		optind = 0; /* reset getopt */
+		return gui(n, args, recurse);
+	}
+
 	sch_init(&sch_ctx, recurse);
 	file_open(&sch_file, argv[dashdash - 1], NULL);
 
@@ -181,9 +192,6 @@ found:
 	sch_parse(&sch_ctx, &sch_file, &lib);
 	file_close(&sch_file);
 
-	if (!have_dashdash)
-		return gui(sch_ctx.sheets, argv[dashdash - 1]);
-
 	gfx_init(*ops, gfx_argc, gfx_argv);
 	if (recurse) {
 		const struct sheet *sheet;