mutter/doc/reference/clutter/running-clutter.xml

<part id="running-clutter">
  <partinfo>
    <author>
      <firstname>Emmanuele</firstname>
      <surname>Bassi</surname>
      <affiliation>
        <address>
          <email>ebassi@linux.intel.com</email>
        </address>
      </affiliation>
    </author>
  </partinfo>

  <title>Running Clutter</title>

  <partintro>

    <section id="environment-variables">
      <title>Environment Variables</title>

      <para>
        Clutter automatically checks environment variables during
        its initialization. These environment variables are meant
        as debug tools, overrides for default behaviours or to
        address known hardware issues:
      </para>

      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>CLUTTER_TEXT_DIRECTION</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Forces the text direction of every Pango layout
            inside Clutter. Valid values are: ltr or rtl</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>CLUTTER_SHOW_FPS</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Prints out the frames per second achieved by Clutter.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>CLUTTER_DEFAULT_FPS</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Sets the default framerate.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>CLUTTER_DISABLE_MIPMAPPED_TEXT</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Disables mipmapping when rendering text.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>CLUTTER_FUZZY_PICK</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Enables "fuzzy picking".</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>CLUTTER_DEBUG</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Enables debugging modes for Clutter.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>COGL_DEBUG</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Enables debugging modes for COGL.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>

      <para>On the GLX backend there is also:</para>

      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>CLUTTER_VBLANK</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Selects the sync-to-vblank mode to be used.
            Valid values are: none, dri or glx</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>

    </section>

    <section id="command-line">
      <title>Command Line Arguments</title>

      <para>Similarly to the environment variables, Clutter also installs
      command line switches that are parsed during initialization:</para>

      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>--clutter-show-fps</term>
          <listitem><para>Equivalent of CLUTTER_SHOW_FPS. Prints the
          current rendering speed in frames per second.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>--clutter-default-fps=FPS</term>
          <listitem><para>Equivalent of CLUTTER_DEFAULT_FPS. Sets the
          default framerate.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>--clutter-text-direction=DIRECTION</term>
          <listitem><para>Equivalent of CLUTTER_TEXT_DIRECTION. Sets the
          direction for the text.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>--clutter-disable-mipmapped-text</term>
          <listitem><para>Equivalent of CLUTTER_DISABLE_MIPMAPPED_TEXT.
          Disables mipmapping when rendering text.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>--clutter-use-fuzzy-picking</term>
          <listitem><para>Equivalent of CLUTTER_FUZZY_PICK. Enables
          "fuzzy" picking.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>--clutter-debug=FLAGS</term>
          <listitem><para>Equivalent of CLUTTER_DEBUG. Sets FLAGS as the
          Clutter debugging flags.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>--clutter-no-debug=FLAGS</term>
          <listitem><para>Unsets FLAGS from the Clutter debugging
          flags.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>--cogl-debug=FLAGS</term>
          <listitem><para>Equivalent of COGL_DEBUG. Sets FLAGS as the
          COGL debugging flags.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>--cogl-no-debug=FLAGS</term>
          <listitem><para>Unsets FLAGS from the COGL debugging
          flags.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>

      <para>The X11 backends also have the following command line
      options:</para>

      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>--display=DISPLAY</term>
          <listitem><para>Sets the X11 display to use.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>--screen=SCREEN</term>
          <listitem><para>Sets the X11 screen number to use.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>--synch</term>
          <listitem><para>Make X11 calls synchronous.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </section>

    <para>The GLX backend also has the following command line option:</para>

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>--vblank=METHOD</term>
        <listitem><para>Equivalent of CLUTTER_VBLANK. Sets the sync-to-vblank
        method to be used.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

    <section id="clutter-Debug-Flags">
      <title>Debug flags for Clutter</title>

      <para>The debugging flags can be used for the CLUTTER_DEBUG environment
      variable and the --clutter-debug command line switch. Multiple flags can
      be separated by a colon (:).</para>

      <!--
      keep in sync with the list of Clutter debug keys inside clutter-main.c
      -->
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>actor</term>
          <listitem><para>Generic actor-related notes</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>animation</term>
          <listitem><para>#ClutterAnimation notes</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>backend</term>
          <listitem><para>Backend-related notes, including initialization of
          the backend features and GL context creation</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>behaviour</term>
          <listitem><para>#ClutterBehaviour notes</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>event</term>
          <listitem><para>Event handling notes</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>layout</term>
          <listitem><para>#ClutterLayoutManager notes</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>misc</term>
          <listitem><para>Miscellaneous notes</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>scheduler</term>
          <listitem><para>Notes related to timelines and the master
          clock</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>script</term>
          <listitem><para>Notes related to #ClutterScript</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>

      <para>It is possible to get the whole debugging notes using the
      special "all" flag.</para>

    </section>

  </partintro>
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