qtvcp(1)

qtvcp1

Qt-based virtual control panels

Usage

qtvcp [OPTIONS] myfile.ui

Overview

QtVCP is a system for creating user interfaces for LinuxCNC.

Full documentation at http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gui/qtvcp.html

Options

-h, --help

Show this help message and exit.

-c [<NAME>]

Set component name to NAME. Default is basename of UI file.

-a

Set the window to always be on top.

-d

Enable debug output.

-v

Enable verbose debug output.

-q

Enable only error debug output.

-g [<GEOMETRY>]

Set geometry WIDTHxHEIGHT+XOFFSET+YOFFSET. Values are in pixel units, XOFFSET/YOFFSET is referenced from top left of screen. Use -g WIDTHxHEIGHT for just setting size or -g +XOFFSET+YOFFSET for just position.

Example: -g 200x400+0+100.

-H [<FILE>]

Execute HAL statements from FILE with halcmd after the component is set up and ready.

-i

Enable info output.

-m

Force panel window to maximize.

-f

Force panel window to fullscreen.

-t [<THEME>]

Set Qt style. Default is system theme.

-x [<XID>]

Reparent QtVCP into an existing window XID instead of creating a new top level window.

--push_xid

Reparent window into a plug add push the plug xid number to standardout.

-u [<USERMOD>]

File path of user defined handler file.

-o [<USEROPTS>]

Pass USEROPTS strings to handler under self.w.USEROPTIONS_ list variable.

Releases

2 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 12
  2. 13

Bugs

None known at this time.

Author

This man page written by andypugh, as part of the LinuxCNC project.

Reporting bugs

Report bugs at https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/issues

From linuxcnc-uspace 1:2.9.4-2+deb13u1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.