I do not know perl but I would like to modify the perl wrapper script for vncserver provided by tigervnc to optionally parse a config file, say $HOME/.vnc/config to interpret the equivalent of the switches supported by vncserver.

For example: 
~/.vnc/config
geometry=2000x1200
desktop=sandbox
alwaysshared=1
localhost=1

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The goal is to avoid using switches when invoking /usr/bin/vncserver if ~/.vnc/config exists and has them defined such that the script will look for that file, and parse these variables out passing them to the invocation of Xvnc automatically. I see the section in /usr/bin/vncserver that parses physical switches and passes them along to Xvnc starting at line 254 of the code. I could do this in bash no problem, but I don't speak perl.

Can someone who does mock-up this modification? I am glad to repeat for each option, but I need some model on which to build.

Thanks!

In reply to Like to modify /usr/bin/vncserver to parse a config file by gsky

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