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authorFrederik Gladhorn <frederik.gladhorn@digia.com>2014-05-13 22:18:43 +0200
committerFrederik Gladhorn <frederik.gladhorn@digia.com>2014-05-13 22:19:10 +0200
commit3d4aeb791990f359e277efbfb0a1f1793945b55d (patch)
treee877b7b4ad76d554aa3dbe6131d03b98a7447c63 /src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
parentb861c43395b17d5df34f24853faa21b9824a53af (diff)
parentc8de2a8b5f5d0b9b3bc1d8ed8d3027ac40b00ee3 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/stable' into dev
Conflicts: src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp Change-Id: Ibe75603dc8a51769db6550ea3f07bc8d19b0be85
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diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
index 2d5f717222..b49f5f00ce 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
@@ -466,7 +466,14 @@ static QWindowGeometrySpecification windowGeometrySpecification;
\section1 Supported Command Line Options
- All Qt programs automatically support the following command line options:
+ All Qt programs automatically support a set of command-line options that
+ allow modifying the way Qt will interact with the windowing system. Some of
+ the options are also accessible via environment variables, which are the
+ preferred form if the application can launch GUI sub-processes or other
+ applications (environment variables will be inherited by child processes).
+ When in doubt, use the environment variables.
+
+ The options currently supported are the following:
\list
\li \c{-platform} \e {platformName[:options]}, specifies the
@@ -489,19 +496,22 @@ static QWindowGeometrySpecification windowGeometrySpecification;
\li \c {-qwindowgeometry} \e geometry, specifies window geometry for
the main window using the X11-syntax. For example:
\c {-qwindowgeometry 100x100+50+50}
+ \li \c {-qwindowicon}, sets the default window icon
+ \li \c {-qwindowtitle}, sets the title of the first window
\li \c{-reverse}, sets the application's layout direction to
- Qt::RightToLeft
+ Qt::RightToLeft. This option is intended to aid debugging and should
+ not be used in production. The default value is automatically detected
+ from the user's locale (see also QLocale::textDirection()).
\li \c{-session} \e session, restores the application from an earlier
\l{Session Management}{session}.
- \li -qwindowgeometry, sets the geometry of the first window
- \li -qwindowtitle, sets the title of the first window
- \li -qwindowicon, sets the default window icon
\endlist
The following standard command line options are available for X11:
\list
\li \c {-display} \e {hostname:screen_number}, switches displays on X11.
+
+ Overrides the \c DISPLAY environment variable.
\li \c {-geometry} \e geometry, same as \c {-qwindowgeometry}.
\endlist