Outdated docs information RE running exports from the command line on Linux
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Description
https://doc.mapeditor.org/en/stable/manual/export/ says
"When exporting on the command-line on Linux, Tiled will still need an X server to run. To automate exports in a headless environment, you can use a headless X server such as [Xvfb](https://www.x.org/archive/X11R7.6/doc/man/man1/Xvfb.1.xhtml). In this case you would run Tiled from the command-line as follows:
xvfb-run tiled --export-map ..."
But someone was able to use such a command on Linux without any X server command, so the docs are outdated.
Also, I had to discover the source/destination format for --export-map by guessing, that should be written down.
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Research direction
Start with the linked export documentation page and verify the current Linux headless-export behavior and the expected source and destination formats for --export-map. Done means the page no longer claims an X server is required when it is not, and the command syntax is documented clearly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- cli, documentation, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- Half a day
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100