[virt-tools-list] [PATCH v2 00/16] Add QEMU-like UI: VT console & basic VM state

[Victor Toso]

Hi,

On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 12:50:14PM +0400, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 7:26 PM <marcandre.lureau at redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau at redhat.com>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > QEMU provides multiple display backend, with different set of
> > features. One of the richest UI is the -display gtk. It is quite
> > minimal, and comparable to remote-viewer UI wrt fullscreen, zooming,
> > grabbing. I haven't done a detailed comparison, but for regular use, I
> > prefer the remote-viewer UI. The fullscreen mode has a popup toolbar,
> > there is a send-key menu, it provides better desktop integration
> > support: USB redirection, folder sharing, more complete multi-monitor
> > configuration, screenshot. remote-viewer also allows hotkey
> > configuration, and has an experimental "kiosk" mode.
> >
> > However, remote-viewer is lacking 2 important features compared to
> > QEMU UI: VT console (for serials, and monitors) and basic VM state
> > commands (power off, reset, pause..).
> >
> > This series add support for VT console over Spice ports, and QMP
> > monitor to provide a similar user experience as QEMU -display gtk.
> > Another RFC series for QEMU "[PATCH 00/10] RFC: spice: add -display
> > app to launch external UI" provides a new "-display app" backend, that
> > will configure QEMU appropriately, and start remote-viewer (actually
> > any client handling spice+unix://). The result is that the "QEMU UI
> > experience" is entirely out of qemu code base and process.
> >
> 
> ping

Sorry for the long delay.  I have been in and out quite a lot the
past month+.  I'm surprised that no one else has reviewed/tested
it so far.

I haven't forgot and I would love to have it merged this year. I
just need time to apply, test, understand to review.

Cheers,

> > thanks
> >
> > v2:
> >  - rebased
> >  - "spice: hook into QMP port" now uses spice-gtk v0.36 SpiceQmpPort
> >  - commit message updates
> >
> > Marc-André Lureau (16):
> >   window: do not reset sensitivity of menu-send in rebuild
> >   window: set sensitivity based on display capability
> >   build-sys: check for VTE library
> >   Add a VirtViewerDisplayVte display kind
> >   window/zoom: deal with VTE display differently
> >   display: ignore display that do not have toplevel window
> >   session: skip monitor changes if there is no sized monitors
> >   app: set subtitle using VTE name
> >   app: append VTE consoles to display submenu
> >   display: allow display without associated monitor number
> >   session: do not take VTE display into account for geometry changes
> >   app: create a window for VTE displays
> >   spice: hook into port channel to create VTE terminals
> >   app: add "machine" UI
> >   app: add "vm-running" property
> >   spice: hook into QMP port
> >
> >  configure.ac                    |  16 +-
> >  src/Makefile.am                 |   4 +
> >  src/resources/ui/virt-viewer.ui |  46 +++++
> >  src/virt-viewer-app.c           | 154 ++++++++++++---
> >  src/virt-viewer-display-vte.c   | 319 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  src/virt-viewer-display-vte.h   |  81 ++++++++
> >  src/virt-viewer-display.c       |   7 +-
> >  src/virt-viewer-display.h       |   6 +
> >  src/virt-viewer-session-spice.c | 220 +++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  src/virt-viewer-session.c       |  22 +++
> >  src/virt-viewer-session.h       |  11 ++
> >  src/virt-viewer-window.c        | 107 ++++++++++-
> >  12 files changed, 955 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 src/virt-viewer-display-vte.c
> >  create mode 100644 src/virt-viewer-display-vte.h
> >
> > --
> > 2.19.0.271.gfe8321ec05
> >
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