[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 130415] New: "--graphics-hosed" (emergency save) option

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=130415

            Bug ID: 130415
           Summary: "--graphics-hosed" (emergency save) option
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: LibreOffice
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: jon.brase at gmail.com

I recently had my graphics driver crash, and cannot interact with my computer
locally (I can't even switch out to a different virtual terminal). However, I
can log in to the system via ssh, so I'm looking through the list of running
processes and trying to figure out what work I can somehow save and what I
can't. I have at least one document open in LibreOffice, and while I *think*
everything's been saved, I can't verify it visually, and it would be great to
have a means of forcing open documents to be saved to disk rather than having
to rely on being able to recover them after terminating the process.

On platforms that support remote text logins, I propose an option that might be
described in the man page something like the following:

        --graphics-hosed
             For use in emergencies when the system graphics stack is hung or
otherwise unusable.

             Implies --headless and --invisible.

             The application ignores any GUI environment and signals
non-headless LibreOffice processes started by the same user to save any open
files and exit.

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