diff --git a/misc/launch_qet.sh b/misc/launch_qet.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# configuration
+QET_EXE="../qelectrotech"
+QET_ELEMENTS_DIR="../elements/"
+QET_CONFIG_DIR=""
+QET_LANG_DIR="../lang/"
+REDEFINE_LANG=""
+
+# checks for the qelectrotech binary executable file
+if [ ! -x "${QET_EXE}" ]; then
+	echo "Errror : executable file not found. Aborting."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# checks options that will be given to QET
+OPTIONS=""
+
+if [ -d "${QET_ELEMENTS_DIR}" ]; then
+	OPTIONS="${OPTIONS} --common-elements-dir=${QET_ELEMENTS_DIR}"
+fi
+
+if [ -d "${QET_CONFIG_DIR}" ]; then
+	OPTIONS="${OPTIONS} --config-dir=${QET_CONFIG_DIR}"
+fi
+
+if [ -d "${QET_LANG_DIR}" ]; then
+	OPTIONS="${OPTIONS} --lang-dir=${QET_LANG_DIR}"
+fi
+
+if [ "${REDEFINE_LANG}" ]; then
+	export LANG="${REDEFINE_LANG}"
+fi
+
+# launching
+${QET_EXE} ${OPTIONS} $*