Constructor

MetaWaylandClientnew_subprocess

Declaration [src]

MetaWaylandClient*
meta_wayland_client_new_subprocess (
  MetaContext* context,
  GSubprocessLauncher* launcher,
  const char* const* argv,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Creates a new MetaWaylandClient. The GSubprocesslauncher and array of arguments are used to launch a new process with the binary specified in the first element of argv, and with the rest of elements as parameters. It also sets up a new Wayland socket and sets the environment variable WAYLAND_SOCKET to make the new process to use it.

Parameters

context

Type: MetaContext

A MetaContext.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.
launcher

Type: GSubprocessLauncher

A GSubprocessLauncher to use to launch the subprocess.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.
argv

Type: An array of filename

Command line arguments.

The array must be NULL-terminated.
The data is owned by the caller of the function.
Each element is a platform-native string, using the preferred OS encoding on Unix and UTF-8 on Windows.
error

Type: GError **

The return location for a recoverable error.

The argument can be NULL.
If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to a NULL GError*.
The argument will be left initialized to NULL by the constructor if there are no errors.
In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: MetaWaylandClient

A MetaWaylandClient or NULL if %error is set. Free with g_object_unref().

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.