[PATCH] Weston: weston.ini man page
Martin Minarik
minarik11 at student.fiit.stuba.sk
Mon Oct 8 11:32:56 PDT 2012
The man page is not very detailed and exceptionally accurate, but
it mentions the configuration options.
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+.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere.
+.ds q \N'34'
+.TH weston.ini 5 "weston 0.95.0" "Wayland "
+.SH NAME
+weston.ini \- configuration file for
+.B Weston
+the reference Wayland compositor
+.SH INTRODUCTION
+.B Weston
+obtains configuration from its command line parameters and the configuration
+file described here.
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B Weston
+uses a configuration file called
+.I weston.ini
+for its setup.
+The
+.I weston.ini
+configuration file is searched for in the following places when the
+server is started:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.IR $HOME/.config/weston.ini
+.IR $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/weston.ini
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+where enviroment variable
+.B $HOME
+is the user's home directory, and
+.B $XDG_CONFIG_HOME
+is the user specific configuration directory.
+.PP
+The
+.I weston.ini
+file is composed of a number of sections which may be present in any order,
+or omitted to use default configuration values.
+Each section has the form:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.BI [ SectionHeader ]
+.RI " " Option1=Value1
+.RI " " Option2=Value2
+ ...
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+Comment lines are ignored:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.IR "#comment"
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+The section headers are:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.nf
+.BR "shell " "Desktop customisation"
+.BR "launcher " "Add launcher to the panel"
+.BR "screensaver " "Screensaver selection"
+.BR "output " "Monitors setup"
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+Values are: string, integer and boolean.
+.SH "SHELL SECTION"
+The
+.B shell
+section is used to customise the compositor.
+.PP
+The entries that can appear in this section are:
+.TP 7
+.BI "type=" desktop-shell.so
+sets the file name of the desired desktop shell plugin. The desktop shell
+provides the basic user enviroment consisting of one or several predefined
+screens. Available shells in the
+.IR /lib/weston/
+directory are:
+.PP
+.RS 11
+.nf
+.IR desktop-shell.so
+.fi
+.IR tablet-shell.so
+.RE
+.RE
+.TP 7
+.BI "background-image=" file
+sets the path for the background image file.
+.TP 7
+.BI "background-color=" 0xAARRGGBB
+sets the color of the background. The hexadecimal
+digit pairs are in order alpha, red, green, and blue.
+.TP 7
+.BI "panel-color=" 0xAARRGGBB
+sets the color of the panel. The hexadecimal
+digit pairs are in order alpha, red, green, and blue. The panel can be
+transparent.
+.TP 7
+.BI "locking=" true
+enables screen locking.
+.TP 7
+.BI "animation=" zoom
+sets the effect used for switching workspaces
+.TP 7
+.BI "binding-modifier=" ctrl
+Blabalbalba
+.TP 7
+.BI "num-workspaces=" 6
+defines the number of workspaces. The user can switch workspaces by using the
+Super+W shortcut. If this option
+.TP 7
+.BI "lockscreen-icon=" path
+sets the path to lock screen icon image.
+.TP 7
+.BI "lockscreen=" path
+sets the path to lock screen background image.
+.TP 7
+.BI "homescreen=" path
+sets the path to home screen background image.
+.RE
+.SH "LAUNCHER SECTION"
+.TP 7
+.BI "icon=" icon
+sets the path to icon image.
+.TP 7
+.BI "path=" program
+sets the path to program that is run by clicking on this launcher.
+.SH "SCREENSAVER SECTION"
+The
+.B screensaver
+section is used to select and schedule a screensaver.
+The
+.B screensaver
+section is optional, as are all of the entries that may be specified in
+it.
+.TP 7
+.BI "path=" /usr/libexec/weston-screensaver
+This instructs the compositor to use the selected screensaver client on
+a given path. If
+this line is missing or commented out, the screensaver in
+.B weston
+is disabled.
+.RE
+.TP 7
+.BI "duration=" 600
+The idle time in seconds until the screensaver appears.
+.SH "OUTPUT SECTION"
+There can be multiple output sections, one for each computer screen.
+.TP 7
+.BI "name=" /usr/libexec/weston-screensaver
+sets a name for the screen. Can be arbitrary string.
+.RE
+.TP 7
+.BI "mode="
+173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync
+sets the resolution and the configuration of the monitor. In case of a LCD
+screen, the resolution e.g. 800x600 may be enough. Users of CRT displays are
+encouraged to provide a modeline string. This string consists of the refresh
+rate in Hz, horisontal and vertical resolution, options to disable/enable
+horisontal and vertical synchronisation.
+.RE
+.TP 7
+.BI "transform=" flipped
+The transformation applied to screen output. It is done by shaders.
+.SH "KEYBOARD SECTION"
+Each
+.B [keyboard]
+has it's own keyboard layout. The keyboard layouts are provided by the
+libxkbcommon library. This section contains the following option:
+.TP 7
+.BI "keymap_layout=" en
+sets the keyboard layout code. The keymap codes are same ones as used
+in the Xorg server.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR weston (1),
+.BR weston-launch (1)
+.SH AUTHORS
+Wayland community - -
+.IR <xx at xxx.xx> .
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