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diff --git a/man/weston.ini.man b/man/weston.ini.man new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c5ec3218 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/weston.ini.man @@ -0,0 +1,378 @@ +.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere. +.ds q \N'34' +.TH weston.ini 5 "2013-01-17" "Weston __version__" +.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 one of the following places when the +server is started: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.BR "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/weston.ini " "(if $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is set)" +.BR "$HOME/.config/weston.ini " "(if $HOME is set)" +.B "weston/weston.ini in each" +.BR "\ \ \ \ $XDG_CONFIG_DIR " "(if $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS is set)" +.BR "/etc/xdg/weston/weston.ini " "(if $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS is not set)" +.BR "<current dir>/weston.ini " "(if no variables were set)" +.fi +.RE +.PP +where environment variable +.B $HOME +is the user's home directory, and +.B $XDG_CONFIG_HOME +is the user specific configuration directory, and +.B $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS +is a colon +.B ':' +delimited listed of configuration base directories, such as +.BR /etc/xdg-foo:/etc/xdg . +.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 Key1=Value1 +.RI Key2=Value2 + ... +.fi +.RE +.PP +The spaces are significant. +Comment lines are ignored: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.IR "#comment" +.fi +.RE +.PP +The section headers are: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.BR "core " "The core modules" +.BR "shell " "Desktop customization" +.BR "launcher " "Add launcher to the panel" +.BR "screensaver " "Screensaver selection" +.BR "output " "Output configuration" +.BR "input-method " "Onscreen keyboard input" +.BR "keyboard " "Keyboard layouts" +.BR "terminal " "Terminal application options" +.BR "xwayland " "XWayland options" +.fi +.RE +.PP +Possible value types are string, signed and unsigned 32-bit +integer, and boolean. Strings must not be quoted, do not support any +escape sequences, and run till the end of the line. Integers can +be given in decimal (e.g. 123), octal (e.g. 0173), and hexadecimal +(e.g. 0x7b) form. Boolean values can be only 'true' or 'false'. +.RE +.SH "CORE SECTION" +The +.B core +section is used to select the startup compositor modules. +.TP 7 +.BI "modules=" desktop-shell.so,xwayland.so +specifies the modules to load (string). Available modules in the +.IR "__weston_modules_dir__" +directory are: +.PP +.RS 10 +.nf +.BR desktop-shell.so +.BR tablet-shell.so +.BR xwayland.so +.fi +.RE +.RS +.PP + +.SH "SHELL SECTION" +The +.B shell +section is used to customize the compositor. Some keys may not be handled by +different shell plugins. +.PP +The entries that can appear in this section are: +.TP 7 +.BI "background-image=" file +sets the path for the background image file (string). +.TP 7 +.BI "background-type=" tile +determines how the background image is drawn (string). Can be +.BR scale ", " scale-crop " or " tile " (default)." +Scale means scaled to fit the output precisely, not preserving aspect ratio. +Scale-crop preserves aspect ratio, scales the background image just big +enough to cover the output, and centers it. The image ends up cropped from +left and right, or top and bottom, if the aspect ratio does not match the +output. Tile repeats the background image to fill the output. +.TP 7 +.BI "background-color=" 0xAARRGGBB +sets the color of the background (unsigned integer). The hexadecimal +digit pairs are in order alpha, red, green, and blue. +.TP 7 +.BI "panel-color=" 0xAARRGGBB +sets the color of the panel (unsigned integer). The hexadecimal +digit pairs are in order transparency, red, green, and blue. Examples: +.PP +.RS 10 +.nf +.BR "0xffff0000 " "Red" +.BR "0xff00ff00 " "Green" +.BR "0xff0000ff " "Blue" +.BR "0x00ffffff " "Fully transparent" +.fi +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "locking=" true +enables screen locking (boolean). +.TP 7 +.BI "animation=" zoom +sets the effect used for opening new windows (string). Can be +.B zoom, +.B fade, +.B none. +By default, no animation is used. +.TP 7 +.BI "startup-animation=" fade +sets the effect used for opening new windows (string). Can be +.B fade, +.B none. +By default, the fade animation is used. +.TP 7 +.BI "binding-modifier=" ctrl +sets the modifier key used for common bindings (string), such as moving +surfaces, resizing, rotating, switching, closing and setting the transparency +for windows, controlling the backlight and zooming the desktop. Possible values: +ctrl, alt, super (default) +.TP 7 +.BI "num-workspaces=" 6 +defines the number of workspaces (unsigned integer). The user can switch +workspaces by using the +binding+F1, F2 keys. If this key is not set, fall back to one workspace. +.TP 7 +.BI "cursor-theme=" theme +sets the cursor theme (string). +.TP 7 +.BI "cursor-size=" 24 +sets the cursor size (unsigned integer). +.TP 7 +.BI "lockscreen-icon=" path +sets the path to lock screen icon image (string). (tablet shell only) +.TP 7 +.BI "lockscreen=" path +sets the path to lock screen background image (string). (tablet shell only) +.TP 7 +.BI "homescreen=" path +sets the path to home screen background image (string). (tablet shell only) +.RE +.SH "LAUNCHER SECTION" +There can be multiple launcher sections, one for each launcher. +.TP 7 +.BI "icon=" icon +sets the path to icon image (string). Svg images are not currently supported. +.TP 7 +.BI "path=" program +sets the path to the program that is run by clicking on this launcher (string). +It is possible to pass arguments and environment variables to the program. For +example: +.nf +.in +4n + +path=GDK_BACKEND=wayland gnome-terminal --full-screen +.in +.fi +.PP +.RE +.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 (string). If this line is missing or commented out, the screensaver in +.B "weston(1)" +is disabled. +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "duration=" 600 +The idle time in seconds until the screensaver disappears in order to save power +(unsigned integer). +.SH "OUTPUT SECTION" +There can be multiple output sections, each corresponding to one output. It is +currently only recognized by the drm and x11 backends. +.TP 7 +.BI "name=" name +sets a name for the output (string). The backend uses the name to +identify the output. All X11 output names start with a letter X. The available +output names for DRM backend are listed in the +.B "weston-launch(1)" +output. +Examples of usage: +.PP +.RS 10 +.nf +.BR "LVDS1 " "DRM backend, Laptop internal panel no.1" +.BR "VGA1 " "DRM backend, VGA connector no.1" +.BR "X1 " "X11 backend, X window no.1" +.fi +.RE +.RS +.PP +See +.B "weston-drm(7)" +for more details. +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "mode=" mode +sets the output mode (string). The mode parameter is handled differently +depending on the backend. On the X11 backend, it just sets the WIDTHxHEIGHT of +the weston window. +The DRM backend accepts different modes: +.PP +.RS 10 +.nf +.BR "WIDTHxHEIGHT " "Resolution size width and height in pixels" +.BR "preferred " "Uses the preferred mode" +.BR "current " "Uses the current crt controller mode" +.BR "off " "Disables the output" +.fi +.RE +.RS +.PP +Optionally, an user may specify a modeline, such as: +.PP +.nf +.in +4n +.nf +173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync +.fi +.in +.PP +It consists of the refresh rate in Hz, horizontal and vertical resolution, +options for horizontal and vertical synchronisation. The program +.B "cvt(1)" +can provide suitable modeline string. +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "transform=" normal +The transformation applied to screen output (string). The transform key can +be one of the following 8 strings: +.PP +.RS 10 +.nf +.BR "normal " "Normal output." +.BR "90 " "90 degrees clockwise." +.BR "180 " "Upside down." +.BR "270 " "90 degrees counter clockwise." +.BR "flipped " "Horizontally flipped" +.BR "flipped-90 " "Flipped and 90 degrees clockwise" +.BR "flipped-180 " "Flipped upside down" +.BR "flipped-270 " "Flipped and 90 degrees counter clockwise" +.fi +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "seat=" name +The logical seat name that that this output should be associated with. If this +is set then the seat's input will be confined to the output that has the seat +set on it. The expectation is that this functionality will be used in a +multiheaded environment with a single compositor for multiple output and input +configurations. The default seat is called "default" and will always be +present. This seat can be constrained like any other. +.RE +.SH "INPUT-METHOD SECTION" +.TP 7 +.BI "path=" "/usr/libexec/weston-keyboard" +sets the path of the on screen keyboard input method (string). +.RE +.RE +.SH "KEYBOARD SECTION" +This section contains the following keys: +.TP 7 +.BI "keymap_rules=" "evdev" +sets the keymap rules file (string). Used to map layout and model to input +device. +.RE +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "keymap_model=" "pc105" +sets the keymap model (string). See the Models section in +.B "xkeyboard-config(7)." +.RE +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "keymap_layout=" "us,de,gb" +sets the comma separated list of keyboard layout codes (string). See the +Layouts section in +.B "xkeyboard-config(7)." +.RE +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "keymap_variant=" "euro,,intl" +sets the comma separated list of keyboard layout variants (string). The number +of variants must be the same as the number of layouts above. See the Layouts +section in +.B "xkeyboard-config(7)." +.RE +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "keymap_options=" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll" +sets the keymap options (string). See the Options section in +.B "xkeyboard-config(7)." +.RE +.RE +.SH "TERMINAL SECTION" +Contains settings for the weston terminal application (weston-terminal). It +allows to customize the font and shell of the command line interface. +.TP 7 +.BI "font=" "DejaVu Sans Mono" +sets the font of the terminal (string). For a good experience it is recommend +to use monospace fonts. In case the font is not found, the default one is used. +.RE +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "font-size=" "14" +sets the size of the terminal font (unsigned integer). +.RE +.RE +.TP 7 +.BI "term=" "xterm-256color" +The terminal shell (string). Sets the $TERM variable. +.RE +.RE +.SH "XWAYLAND SECTION" +.TP 7 +.BI "path=" "/usr/bin/Xorg" +sets the path to the xserver to run (string). +.RE +.RE +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR weston (1), +.BR weston-launch (1), +.BR weston-drm (7), +.BR xkeyboard-config (7) |