[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 02/12] vl: deprecate -alt-grab and -ctrl-grab

[Gerd Hoffmann]

Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden>
---
 vl.c          | 8 ++++++++
 qemu-doc.texi | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index ac0efca708..fa19a61500 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2115,6 +2115,8 @@ static DisplayType select_display(const char *p)
                     goto invalid_sdl_args;
                 }
             } else if (strstart(opts, ",alt_grab=", &nextopt)) {
+                g_printerr("The alt_grab= sdl option is deprecated, and will 
be\n"
+                           "removed in a future release.\n");
                 opts = nextopt;
                 if (strstart(opts, "on", &nextopt)) {
                     alt_grab = 1;
@@ -2124,6 +2126,8 @@ static DisplayType select_display(const char *p)
                     goto invalid_sdl_args;
                 }
             } else if (strstart(opts, ",ctrl_grab=", &nextopt)) {
+                g_printerr("The ctrl_grab= sdl option is deprecated, and will 
be\n"
+                           "removed in a future release.\n");
                 opts = nextopt;
                 if (strstart(opts, "on", &nextopt)) {
                     ctrl_grab = 1;
@@ -3649,9 +3653,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 no_frame = 1;
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_alt_grab:
+                g_printerr("The -alt-grab switch is deprecated, and will be\n"
+                           "removed in a future release.\n");
                 alt_grab = 1;
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_ctrl_grab:
+                g_printerr("The -ctrl-grab switch is deprecated, and will be\n"
+                           "removed in a future release.\n");
                 ctrl_grab = 1;
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_no_quit:
diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index aa7180a3d9..5961c7a211 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -2756,6 +2756,12 @@ support for frameless windows, and the other user 
interfaces never
 implemented this in the first place.  So this will be removed together
 with SDL 1.2 support.
 
address@hidden -alt-grab and -ctrl-grab (since 2.12.0)
+
+The ``-alt-grab'' and ``-ctrl-grab'' arguments are deprecated.  They
+work with SDL only.  They will eventually replaced with a new way to
+configure hotkeys which works consistently across all user interfaces.
+
 @section qemu-img command line arguments
 
 @subsection convert -s (since 2.0.0)
-- 
2.9.3