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/*!
    \page qtopiacore-running.html

    \title Running Qtopia Core Applications
    \ingroup qtopiacore

    A \l {Qtopia Core} application requires a server application to be
    running, or to be the server application itself. Any \l {Qtopia
    Core} 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
    {Qtopia Core's Virtual Framebuffer} or that you are running \l
    {Qtopia Core} using the \l {The VNC Protocol and Qtopia Core}{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:

    \code
        cd path/to/Qtopia/Core/demos/textedit
        ./textedit -qws
    \endcode

    \table 100%
    \row
    \o
    Provided that the environment variables are adjusted properly
    during the \l {Installing Qtopia Core}{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 {Qtopia Core Pointer Handling}{Pointer Handling}
        \o \l {Qtopia Core Character Input}{Character Input}
        \o \l {Qtopia Core Display Management}{Display Management}
    \endlist

    \o
    \inlineimage qtopiacore-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

    Qtopia Core also allows multiple displays to be used
    simultaneously. There are two ways of achieving this: Either run
    multiple Qtopia Core server processes, or use \l {Qtopia Core}'s
    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:

    \code
        ./myfirstserverapplication -qws -display "transformed:rot90:1"
        ./mysecondserverapplication -qws -display "QVFb:2"
    \endcode

    See the \l {Qtopia Core 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:

    \code
        ./myclientapplication -display "QVFb:2"
    \endcode

    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:

    \code
        ./myserverapplication -qws -display "Multi: QVFb:0
                QVFb:1:offset=0,0 VNC:offset=640,0 :2"
    \endcode

    See the \l {Qtopia Core 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:
    \code
        ./myapplication -fn helvetica
    \endcode
    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:
    \code
        ./myapplication -bg blue
    \endcode
    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:
    \code
        ./myapplication -btn green
    \endcode
    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:
    \code
        ./myapplication -fg 'dark blue'
    \endcode
    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:
    \code
        ./myapplication -name texteditapplication
    \endcode
    \row
    \o \bold -title <title> \o
    Sets the application's title. For example:
    \code
        ./myapplication -title 'Text Edit'
    \endcode
    \row
    \o \bold -geometry <width>x<height>x<Xoffset>x<YOffset> \o
    Sets the client geometry of the first window that is shown. For example:
    \code
        ./myapplication -geometry 300x200x50x50
    \endcode
    \row
    \o \bold -keyboard \o
    Enables the keyboard.

    See also: \l {Qtopia Core Character Input}.
    \row
    \o \bold -nokeyboard \o
    Disables the keyboard.
    \row
    \o \bold -mouse \o
    Enables the mouse cursor.

    See also: \l {Qtopia Core 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 {Qtopia Core Display Management}.
    \row
    \o \bold -decoration <style>\o
    Sets the application decoration. For example:
    \code
        ./myapplication -decoration windows
    \endcode
    The supported styles are \c windows, \c default and \c styled.

    See also QDecoration.

    \endtable
*/
