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+/*
+ * Main App
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@googlemail.com>
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+ * a copy of this software and associated documentation files
+ * (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+ * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+ * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ * the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+ * in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+ * OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+ * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+ * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+ * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * This includes global data for the whole kmscon application. For instance,
+ * global parameters can be accessed via this header.
+ */
+
+#ifndef KMSCON_MAIN_H
+#define KMSCON_MAIN_H
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+struct kmscon_conf_t {
+	/* show help/usage information */
+	bool help;
+	/* exit application after parsing options */
+	bool exit;
+	/* enable debug messages */
+	bool debug;
+	/* enable verbose info messages */
+	bool verbose;
+	/* disable notices and warnings */
+	bool silent;
+	/* enter new VT directly */
+	bool switchvt;
+	/* use framebuffers instead of DRM */
+	bool use_fbdev;
+
+	/* input KBD layout */
+	char *xkb_layout;
+	char *xkb_variant;
+	char *xkb_options;
+
+	/* TERM value */
+	char *term;
+	/* custom login process */
+	bool login;
+	/* argv for login process */
+	char **argv;
+
+	/* seat name */
+	char *seat;
+
+	/* font engine */
+	char *font_engine;
+};
+
+extern struct kmscon_conf_t kmscon_conf;
+
+#endif /* KMSCON_MAIN_H */