[PATCH weston 3/3] weston-launch: improve help text for -u and -t
Quentin Glidic
sardemff7+wayland at sardemff7.net
Wed Nov 1 14:41:21 UTC 2017
On 11/1/17 3:24 PM, Pekka Paalanen wrote:
> From: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen at collabora.co.uk>
>
> Explain that -u requires root and -t requires -u. Most importantly,
> document in what format does -t expect the tty to be given.
>
> It has been confusing, because Weston's --tty option takes an integer,
> weston-launch takes a full device path.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen at collabora.co.uk>
Seems good:
Reviewed-by: Quentin Glidic <sardemff7+git at sardemff7.net>
Thanks,
> ---
> libweston/weston-launch.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/libweston/weston-launch.c b/libweston/weston-launch.c
> index 6a7a7649..79a02506 100644
> --- a/libweston/weston-launch.c
> +++ b/libweston/weston-launch.c
> @@ -676,8 +676,10 @@ static void
> help(const char *name)
> {
> fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [args...] [-- [weston args..]]\n", name);
> - fprintf(stderr, " -u, --user Start session as specified username\n");
> - fprintf(stderr, " -t, --tty Start session on alternative tty\n");
> + fprintf(stderr, " -u, --user Start session as specified username,\n"
> + " e.g. -u joe, requires root.\n");
> + fprintf(stderr, " -t, --tty Start session on alternative tty,\n"
> + " e.g. -t /dev/tty4, requires -u option.\n");
> fprintf(stderr, " -v, --verbose Be verbose\n");
> fprintf(stderr, " -h, --help Display this help message\n");
> }
>
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Quentin “Sardem FF7” Glidic
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