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Re: XWin options lack of documentation.
- From: Alexander Gottwald <Alexander dot Gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com, rodmedina at cantv dot net
- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 15:14:31 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: Re: XWin options lack of documentation.
- References: <80550-220044597849539@cantv.net>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Rodrigo Medina wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am working to update XWin.man. I have found that:
>
> 1)The following options of XWin are active but ARE NOT documented either
> in the X-UG or in the -help option of XWin.
>
> Option X-UG -help option
> -help NO Yes
> -logfile NO NO
> -logverbose NO NO
> -nounicodeclipboard NO Yes
> -xkblayout NO Yes
> -xkbrules NO Yes
> -xkbmodel NO Yes
> -xkbvariant NO Yes
> -xkboptions NO Yes
> -[no]keyhook NO NO
>
> 2)The following inactive options ARE documented in the UG:
>
> -xf86config
> -keyboard
Thanks for sorting them out. I'll start documenting them
> 3)There is a BUG with the -logverbose option. It requires an integer
> parameter. If such parameter isn't given the alert panel appears and
> the help text is written in XWin.log as expected, but then there is a
> Segmentation Fault crash. Perhaps, instead of finishing, the program
> tries to continue with a nonexistent parameter.
I will take a look.
> Questions:
> 1)I understand that the parameter of the -logverbose option controls
> the degree of "verbosity" of log messages. But I have found that there
> is no effect in the XWin.log file as the value of the parameter is changed.
> The only effect I have found is a shorter output of the log messages
> that are directed to the console when the parameter is negative. It is
> really that the intended behavior? If such were the case, it is not
> simpler to have an option without parameter with a name like -noconsolelog?
Currently only few logmessages have a verbosity level set. The general idea
was
loglevel output
0 only fatal errors, help message
1 simple information about configuration (will get default sometime)
2 (current detailed loginfo (including trace and debug output)
default)
3 + maybe some very detailed debug output
> 2)Will be the -emulatepseudo option eventually activated?.
> If that were the case I can leave the description of the option in the
> man page with the indication that it is still not implemented.
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