On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 11:13 AM Gerd Hoffmann <kra...@redhat.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Also: remote-viewer accepts config files. I'd suggest to write one, so > > > it is easy to restart remote-viewer. Also I would not use a temp dir > > > > Where should it be written? > > /run/user/$uid/qemu/$vmname/remote-viewer.vv ? > > > What should be the content of > > the .vv file? > > Everything needed, so launching remote-viewer is > just "remote-viewer /path/to/config.vv".
If it's just what is needed to launch the viewer, why not stick to the url syntax? .vv files are quite specific to virt-viewer/remote-viewer. > > We might consider writing such a config file > unconditionally, even without -display app. > > > Should it use a template to avoid proxying all the > > options? > > Is this needed? virt-viewer has a user settings file, > shouldn't user preferences go there instead? User settings files are quite limited at this point. Afaik, it's only used for the "ask-quit" preference, and "monitor-mapping". Other options are either from command line or .vv files. > > > > for the files and sockets, but some fixed location. > > > /run/user/$uid/qemu/$vmname for example (where $vmname is whatever you > > > passed to qemu using -name). > > > > That's easy enough, although if no -name is given, I suppose a > > temporary location is still better than a fixed location. > > Yes, just replace $vmname with `mktemp --directory` then. > > cheers, > Gerd > thanks -- Marc-André Lureau
