The '-display' help information is not very correct. This patch sort it a little. Also, in its help information, reveals what implicit display option will be chosen if no definition.
P.S. Hi Markus, Sorry for late of sending out this patch. Really busy recently, and it also took me some time to understand the framework help message generation. Signed-off-by: Robert Ho <robert...@intel.com> --- qemu-options.hx | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 17f15ad..69cf668 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -930,10 +930,26 @@ 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|none|\n" - " gtk[,grab_on_hover=on|off]|\n" - " vnc=<display>[,<optargs>]\n" - " select display type\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) + " [,window_close=on|off][,gl=on|off]|curses|none|\n" + "-display gtk[,grab_on_hover=on|off][,gl=on|off]|\n" + "-display vnc=<display>[,<optargs>]\n" + "-display curses\n" + "-display none" + " select display type\n" + "If no -display option or its sugars (sd, curses, vnc, etc) defined," + " qemu will implicitly use\n" +#if defined(CONFIG_GTK) + "\t\"-dispaly gtk\"\n" +#elif defined(CONFIG_SDL) + "\t\"-display sdl\"\n" +#elif defined(CONFIG_COCOA) + "\t\"-display cocoa\"\n" +#elif defined(CONFIG_VNC) + "\t\"-vnc localhost:0,to=99,id=default\"\n" +#else + "\t\"-display none\"\n" +#endif + , QEMU_ARCH_ALL) STEXI @item -display @var{type} @findex -display @@ -980,7 +996,8 @@ the console and monitor. ETEXI DEF("curses", 0, QEMU_OPTION_curses, - "-curses use a curses/ncurses interface instead of SDL\n", + "-curses use a curses/ncurses interface instead of SDL; " + "is sugar for -display curses\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) STEXI @item -curses @@ -1030,7 +1047,7 @@ Disable SDL window close capability. ETEXI DEF("sdl", 0, QEMU_OPTION_sdl, - "-sdl enable SDL\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) + "-sdl enable SDL; is sugar for -display sdl\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) STEXI @item -sdl @findex -sdl @@ -1227,7 +1244,8 @@ Set the initial graphical resolution and depth (PPC, SPARC only). ETEXI DEF("vnc", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_vnc , - "-vnc display start a VNC server on display\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) + "-vnc display start a VNC server on display; is sugar for" +" -display vnc=display\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) STEXI @item -vnc @var{display}[,@var{option}[,@var{option}[,...]]] @findex -vnc -- 1.8.3.1