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+/*!
+ \page qt-embedded-running.html
+
+ \title Running Qt for Embedded Linux Applications
+ \ingroup qt-embedded-linux
+
+ A \l{Qt for Embedded Linux} application requires a server application to be
+ running, or to be the server application itself. Any \l{Qt for Embedded Linux}
+ application can be the server application by constructing the QApplication
+ object with the QApplication::GuiServer type, or by running the application
+ with the \c -qws command line option.
+
+ Applications can run using both single and multiple displays, and
+ various command line options are available.
+
+ Note that this document assumes that you either are using the
+ \l{The Virtual Framebuffer} or that you are running \l{Qt for Embedded Linux}
+ using the \l {The VNC Protocol and Qt for Embedded Linux}{VNC} protocol,
+ \e or that you have the Linux framebuffer configured
+ correctly and that no server process is running. (To test that the
+ Linux framebuffer is set up correctly, use the program provided by
+ the \l {Testing the Linux Framebuffer} document.)
+
+ \tableofcontents
+
+ \section1 Using a Single Display
+
+ To run the application using a single display, change to a Linux
+ console and select an application to run, e.g. \l {Text
+ Edit}{demos/textedit}. Run the application with the \c -qws
+ option:
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_emb-running.qdoc 0
+
+ \table 100%
+ \row
+ \o
+ Provided that the environment variables are adjusted properly
+ during the \l {Installing Qt for Embedded Linux}{installation process}, you
+ should see the \l {Text Edit} demo appear.
+
+ It might be that the hardware drivers must be specified explicitly
+ to make everything work properly. For more information, please
+ consult the following documentation:
+
+ \list
+ \o \l{Qt for Embedded Linux Pointer Handling}{Pointer Handling}
+ \o \l{Qt for Embedded Linux Character Input}{Character Input}
+ \o \l{Qt for Embedded Linux Display Management}{Display Management}
+ \endlist
+
+ \o
+ \inlineimage qt-embedded-runningapplication.png
+ \endtable
+
+ Additional applications can be run as clients, i.e., by running
+ these applications \e without the \c -qws option they will connect
+ to the existing server as clients. You can exit the server
+ application at any time using \gui{Ctrl+Alt+Backspace}.
+
+ \section1 Using Multiple Displays
+
+ Qt for Embedded Linux also allows multiple displays to be used
+ simultaneously. There are two ways of achieving this: Either run
+ multiple Qt for Embedded Linux server processes, or use the
+ ready-made \c Multi screen driver.
+
+ When running multiple server processes, the screen driver (and
+ display number) must be specified for each process using the \c
+ -display command line option or by setting the QWS_DISPLAY
+ environment variable. For example:
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_emb-running.qdoc 1
+
+ See the \l {Qt for Embedded Linux Display Management}{display management}
+ documentation for more details on how to specify a screen
+ driver. Note that you must also specify the display (i.e., server
+ process) when starting client applications:
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_emb-running.qdoc 2
+
+ There is no way of moving a client from one display to another
+ when running multiple server processes. Using the \c Multi screen
+ driver, on the other hand, applications can easiliy be moved
+ between the various screens.
+
+ The \c Multi screen driver can be specified just like any other
+ screen driver by using the \c -display command line option or by
+ setting the QWS_DISPLAY environment variable. For example:
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_emb-running.qdoc 3
+
+ See the \l {Qt for Embedded Linux Display Management}{display management}
+ documentation for details regarding arguments.
+
+ \section1 Command Line Options
+
+ \table 100%
+ \header
+ \o Option \o Description
+ \row
+ \o \bold -fn <font>
+ \o
+ Defines the application font. For example:
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_emb-running.qdoc 4
+ The font should be specified using an X logical font description.
+ \row
+ \o \bold -bg <color>
+ \o
+ Sets the default application background color. For example:
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_emb-running.qdoc 5
+ The color-name must be one of the names recognized by the QColor constructor.
+ \row
+ \o \bold -btn <color> \o
+ Sets the default button color. For example:
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_emb-running.qdoc 6
+ The color-name must be one of the names recognized by the QColor constructor.
+ \row
+ \o \bold -fg <color> \o
+ Sets the default application foreground color. For example:
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_emb-running.qdoc 7
+ The color-name must be one of the names recognized by the QColor constructor.
+ \row
+ \o \bold -name <objectname> \o
+ Sets the application name, i.e. the application object's object name. For example:
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_emb-running.qdoc 8
+ \row
+ \o \bold -title <title> \o
+ Sets the application's title. For example:
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_emb-running.qdoc 9
+ \row
+ \o \bold -geometry <width>x<height>+<Xoffset>+<Yoffset> \o
+ Sets the client geometry of the first window that is shown. For example:
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_emb-running.qdoc 10
+ \row
+ \o \bold -keyboard \o
+ Enables the keyboard.
+
+ See also: \l {Qt for Embedded Linux Character Input}.
+ \row
+ \o \bold -nokeyboard \o
+ Disables the keyboard.
+ \row
+ \o \bold -mouse \o
+ Enables the mouse cursor.
+
+ See also: \l {Qt for Embedded Linux Pointer Handling}.
+ \row
+ \o \bold -nomouse \o
+ Disables the mouse cursor.
+ \row
+ \o \bold -qws \o
+ Runs the application as a server application, i.e. constructs a
+ QApplication object of the QApplication::GuiServer type.
+ \row
+ \o \bold -display \o
+ Specifies the screen driver.
+
+ See also: \l {Qt for Embedded Linux Display Management}.
+ \row
+ \o \bold -decoration <style>\o
+ Sets the application decoration. For example:
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_emb-running.qdoc 11
+ The supported styles are \c windows, \c default and \c styled.
+
+ See also QDecoration.
+
+ \endtable
+*/