---
name: "kconfig_compiler"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kdelibs5-dev"
version: "4:4.14.38-3"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kconfig_compiler"
---

# kconfig\_compiler(1)

KDE configuration compiler

**kconfig\_compiler**

## NAME

kconfig\_compiler - KDE configuration compiler

## SYNOPSIS

**kconfig\_compiler** \[Qt-options\] \[KDE-options\] \[options\] *file.kcfg* *file.kcfgc*

## DESCRIPTION

**kconfig\_compiler** generates C++ source code from two files. The first file (.kcfg) contains information about configuration options and the second file (.kcfgc) provides the code generation options.

The generated source code contains a class based on **KConfigSkeleton** that provides an API to access the applications configuration data.

## OPTIONS

**Arguments:**

*file.kcfg*

Input kcfg XML file

*file.kcfgc*

Code generation options file

**Options:**

- **-d, --directory \<dir\>**

  Directory to generate files in \[.\]

**Generic options:**

- **--help**

  Show help about options

- **--help-qt**

  Show Qt specific options

- **--help-kde**

  Show KDE specific options

- **--help-all**

  Show all options

- **--author**

  Show author information

- **-v, --version**

  Show version information

- **--license**

  Show license information

**KDE Options:**

- **--caption \<caption\>**

  Use 'caption' as name in the titlebar

- **--icon \<icon\>**

  Use 'icon' as the application icon

- **--miniicon \<icon\>**

  Use 'icon' as the application icon

- **--config \<filename\>**

  Use alternative configuration file

- **--dcopserver \<server\>**

  Use the DCOP server specified by 'server'

- **--nocrashhandler**

  Disable crash handler to get core dumps

- **--waitforwm**

  Waits for a WM\_NET compatible windowmanager

- **--style \<style\>**

  Sets the application GUI style

- **--geometry \<geometry\>**

  Sets the client geometry of the main widget - see man X for the argument format

**Qt options:**

- **--display \<displayname\>**

  Use the X-server display 'displayname'

- **--session \<sessionId\>**

  Restore the application for the given 'sessionId'

- **--cmap**

  Causes the application to install a private color map on an 8-bit display

- **--ncols \<count\>**

  Limits the number of colors allocated in the color cube on an 8-bit display, if the application is using the QApplication::ManyColor color specification

- **--nograb**

  Tells Qt to never grab the mouse or the keyboard

- **--sync**

  Switches to synchronous mode for debugging

- **--fn, --font \<fontname\>**

  Defines the application font

- **--bg, --background \<color\>**

  Sets the default background color and an application palette (light and dark shades are calculated)

- **--fg, --foreground \<color\>**

  Sets the default foreground color

- **--btn, --button \<color\>**

  Sets the default button color

- **--name \<name\>**

  Sets the application name

- **--title \<title\>**

  Sets the application title (caption)

- **--visual TrueColor**

  Forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on an 8-bit display

- **--inputstyle \<inputstyle\>**

  Sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible values are onthespot, overthespot, offthespot, and root

**--im \<XIM server\>**

Sets XIM server

- **--noxim**

  Disable XIM

- **--reverse**

  Mirrors the whole layout of widgets

## SEE ALSO

**http://developer.kde.org**

KDE Developer's Corner website

## BUGS

Please use **bugs.kde.org**\[1\] to report bugs, do not mail the authors directly.

## AUTHORS

**Cornelius Schumacher** \<schumacher@kde.org\>

Author.

**Waldo Bastian** \<bastian@kde.org\>

Author.

**Zack Rusin** \<zack@kde.org\>

Author.

## NOTES

- 1\.

  bugs.kde.org

  http://bugs.kde.org