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authorJes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>2011-03-16 13:33:31 +0100
committerAnthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>2011-03-22 08:39:11 -0500
commit1472a95bab1e7dc4d6cab83dc3853574cb829211 (patch)
tree5d8d77a839377ea7e362349ca8b5cc524ed36807 /qemu-options.hx
parentffe8b821a1ac7d3318b00004e37f13615ff60a9f (diff)
downloadqemu-1472a95bab1e7dc4d6cab83dc3853574cb829211.tar.gz
Introduce -display argument
This patch introduces a -display argument which consolidates the setting of the display mode. Valid options are: sdl/curses/default Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
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diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
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@@ -590,6 +590,28 @@ STEXI
@table @option
ETEXI
+DEF("display", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_display,
+ "-display sdl[,frame=on|off][,alt_grab=on|off][,ctrl_grab=on|off]\n"
+ " [,window_close=on|off]|curses\n"
+ " select display type\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+STEXI
+@item -display @var{type}
+@findex -display
+Select type of display to use. This option is a replacement for the
+old style -sdl/-curses/... options. Valid values for @var{type} are
+@table @option
+@item sdl
+Display video output via SDL (usually in a separate graphics
+window; see the SDL documentation for other possibilities).
+@item curses
+Display video output via curses. For graphics device models which
+support a text mode, QEMU can display this output using a
+curses/ncurses interface. Nothing is displayed when the graphics
+device is in graphical mode or if the graphics device does not support
+a text mode. Generally only the VGA device models support text mode.
+@end table
+ETEXI
+
DEF("nographic", 0, QEMU_OPTION_nographic,
"-nographic disable graphical output and redirect serial I/Os to console\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)