Not Working --display=DISPLAY

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
c
Domain
cli, desktop

Research direction

The report names no source file, command context, or expected display behavior. Start by reproducing the documented --display=DISPLAY usage with the examples given, then locate the option's argument parsing and display connection path. Done means establishing whether the option is broken or clarifying the supported syntax and documenting it.

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Description

baffled on using --display=DISPLAY

have tried
--display=1
--display=HDMI-1
--display="HDMI-1"
and nothing works

Dominant language
C
Stars
551
Forks
115
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No merged PRs in 30d

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