From c2a2e5b613865a97c033548a971898d058133e26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Semih Yavuz <semih.yavuz@qt.io>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:56:26 +0200
Subject: doc: document qml tool

Change-Id: Iff0afe38883d68d9bf72bc5e170cf6e17bc4e05f
Reviewed-by: Ulf Hermann <ulf.hermann@qt.io>
---
 src/qml/doc/src/tools/qtqml-tooling-qml.qdoc | 97 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 97 insertions(+)

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diff --git a/src/qml/doc/src/tools/qtqml-tooling-qml.qdoc b/src/qml/doc/src/tools/qtqml-tooling-qml.qdoc
index 48456d48a6..6a0a335839 100644
--- a/src/qml/doc/src/tools/qtqml-tooling-qml.qdoc
+++ b/src/qml/doc/src/tools/qtqml-tooling-qml.qdoc
@@ -7,4 +7,101 @@
 \brief Overview of the qml command line utility.
 \ingroup qtqml-tooling
 
+\section1 The qml utility
+\c The qml utility tool loads QML documents and creates a window to show the scene
+if your QML document includes a visual item. You can also evaluate non-visual QML
+documents with it.
+It is mainly meant for testing your QML applications or components quickly
+as described in \l {Prototyping with the QML Runtime Tool}{here}.
+
+\table
+\header
+    \li Usage:
+\row
+    \li qml [\l{options}] files... [-- args...]
+\endtable
+
+\section2 options
+
+\table
+\header
+    \li Option
+    \li Description
+\row
+    \li -h, --help
+    \li Displays help on commandline options.
+\row
+    \li --help-all
+    \li Displays help, including generic Qt options.
+\row
+   \li -v, --version
+   \li Displays version information.
+\row
+    \li -a, --apptype <core|gui|widget>
+    \li Select which application class to use. Default is gui.
+\row
+    \li -I <path>
+    \li Prepend the given path to the import paths.
+\row
+    \li -f <file>
+    \li Load the given file as a QML file.
+\row
+    \li -c, --config <file>
+    \li Load the given built-in configuration or configuration file.
+\row
+    \li --list-conf
+    \li List the built-in configurations.
+\row
+    \li --translation <file>
+    \li Load the given file as the translations file.
+\row
+    \li --dummy-data <file>
+    \li Load QML files from the given directory as context properties. (deprecated)
+\row
+    \li --desktop
+    \li Force use of desktop OpenGL (AA_UseDesktopOpenGL).
+\row
+    \li --gles
+    \li Force use of GLES (AA_UseOpenGLES).
+\row
+    \li --software
+    \li Force use of software rendering (AA_UseSoftwareOpenGL).
+\row
+    \li --core-profile
+    \li Force use of OpenGL Core Profile.
+\row
+    \li --disable-context-sharing
+    \li Disable the use of a shared GL context for QtQuick Windows
+\row
+    \li --enable-shader-cache
+    \li Enable persistent caching of generated shaders
+\row
+    \li --transparent
+    \li Requests an alpha channel in order to enable semi-transparent windows.
+\row
+    \li --multisample
+    \li Requests 4x multisample antialiasing.
+\row
+    \li --quiet
+    \li Suppress all output.
+\row
+    \li --verbose
+    \li Print information about what qml is doing, like specific file URLs being loaded.
+\row
+    \li --slow-animations
+    \li Run all animations in slow motion.
+\row
+    \li --fixed-animations
+    \li Run animations off animation tick rather than wall time.
+\row
+    \li -r, --rhi <backend>
+    \li Set the backend for the Qt graphics abstraction (RHI). Backend is one of:
+        default, vulkan, metal, d3d11, gl
+\row
+    \li -S <selector>
+    \li Add selector to the list of QQmlFileSelectors.
+
+\endtable
+
+
 */
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