deprecate --display

[guijan]

We don't need to duplicate the work XOpenDisplay() already does for us. Mark --display for removal at a later date.

[N-R-K]

The multimonitor code seems to use the explicit display parameter - so removing -D probably won't buy us much LoC.

scrot/src/scrot.c

Line 891 in 6e2b522

initXAndImlib(newDisp, i);

I don't know whether this is OK or hacky as I don't use multi-monitor setup.

Also setting an environment variable DISPLAY is not the same as -D - the exec-ed child will inherit the new $DISPLAY but not the one set via -D (not sure whether this matters in practice or not - but I wanted to make sure we're aware of the subtle changes that this introduces).

[guijan]

I think the difference between -D and the DISPLAY environment variable is an unintended consequence more than a feature. Are people really going to run scrot in one X server, and then exec a command in another?
Also, because system() invokes a shell, the user can make the exec string a script that first calls unset DISPLAY for this edge case.

[N-R-K]

I think the difference between -D and the DISPLAY environment variable is an unintended consequence more than a feature. Are people really going to run scrot in one X server, and then exec a command in another?

Same. But as I said, I'm just trying to make sure we fully understand the effect of the change.

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Also I looked a bit more into scrotGrabShotMulti's usage of initXAndImlib and I don't think we'll gain a whole lot by removing -D. Unless you want to fix/cleanup scrotGrabShotMulti (but keep in mind I have no way of testing such changes).

[guijan]

It'll still remove and simplify code if we keep the lines that get the display name from the environment for scrotGrabShotMulti(). Shouldn't be too hard. We don't have to fix that and deprecate -D at the same time either.

[N-R-K]

It'll still remove and simplify code if we keep the lines that get the display name from the environment for scrotGrabShotMulti().

I don't think I follow, what would be removed and simplified exactly? Can you show a patch or something.

[N-R-K]

Looking at it again, I don't see how removing --display buys us anything. And it's a straightforward flag to keep supporting, unlike --note for example.