[PATCH] compositor: pass options to the shell process, v2

Tiago Vignatti tiago.vignatti at linux.intel.com
Mon Nov 7 03:40:22 PST 2011


On 11/07/2011 11:06 AM, Pekka Paalanen wrote:
> When desktop-shell was changed to be launched by the compositor alone,
> we also lost the opportunity to give it arguments, specifically the
> background picture.
>
> Add the compositor option -b (--shell-options) for passing arguments to
> the shell process. The parameter to -b is a comma-separated list of
> arguments to the shell.
>
> Option -b cannot be used multiple times, and it cannot be used to pass
> arguments containing commas to the shell.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pekka Paalanen<ppaalanen at gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Tiago Vignatti <tiago.vignatti at intel.com>

humm, we will have to rethink then these letter arguments for something 
more suggestive really.

also, next time you're cooking another version for a patch, you don't 
need to stick the number in the subject because it doesn't bring any 
useful information when committing. Use something like [PATCH v2] instead.

    Tiago


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