qmlscene prevents using default command line arguments after the .qml filename
Bug #1231558 reported by
Anthony Granger
This bug affects 3 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Calendar App |
Triaged
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
| Ubuntu Clock App |
Triaged
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
| ubuntu-ui-toolkit (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
When using defaultArgument to get one or many default arguments passed by the command line using QmlScene, it seems that it not take the arguments passed after the .qml file, but before.
Currently pass a default argument you have to do :
qmlscene argument file.qml
It would be better to do :
qmlscene file.qml argument
But it don't work with qmlscene.
Since a lot of linux commands work as the following : "command arg1 arg2", it would be great to make ubuntu qml apps work according to the same pattern.
(You can see an example in the ubuntu-
| Changed in ubuntu-ui-toolkit: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| summary: |
- Illogical use of defaultArgument + qmlscene prevents using default command line arguments after the .qml + filename |
| Changed in ubuntu-ui-toolkit: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| Changed in ubuntu-clock-app: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in ubuntu-calendar-app: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| tags: | added: qmlscene |
| Changed in ubuntu-ui-toolkit (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| no longer affects: | ubuntu-ui-toolkit |
Revision history for this message
| XiaoGuo, Liu (liu-xiao-guo) wrote | #1 |
Revision history for this message
| Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in ubuntu-ui-toolkit (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
| Changed in ubuntu-calendar-app: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| Changed in ubuntu-clock-app: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| Changed in ubuntu-calendar-app: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| Changed in ubuntu-clock-app: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
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I found that if I ran a command like this:
liuxg@liuxg:
The qmlscene does not take the QML file name, instead it prompts me to select a file from a FileDialog to choose a file to run. It is a little bit confusing.