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diff --git a/doc/classes/OS.xml b/doc/classes/OS.xml index 656fa61af7..a5bd8e2768 100644 --- a/doc/classes/OS.xml +++ b/doc/classes/OS.xml @@ -31,12 +31,28 @@ [b]Note:[/b] This method is implemented on Linux, macOS and Windows. </description> </method> + <method name="crash"> + <return type="void" /> + <argument index="0" name="message" type="String" /> + <description> + Crashes the engine (or the editor if called within a [code]@tool[/code] script). This should [i]only[/i] be used for testing the system's crash handler, not for any other purpose. For general error reporting, use (in order of preference) [method @GDScript.assert], [method @GlobalScope.push_error] or [method alert]. See also [method kill]. + </description> + </method> + <method name="create_instance"> + <return type="int" /> + <argument index="0" name="arguments" type="PackedStringArray" /> + <description> + Creates a new instance of Godot that runs independently. The [code]arguments[/code] are used in the given order and separated by a space. + If the process creation succeeds, the method will return the new process ID, which you can use to monitor the process (and potentially terminate it with [method kill]). If the process creation fails, the method will return [code]-1[/code]. + [b]Note:[/b] This method is implemented on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows. + </description> + </method> <method name="create_process"> <return type="int" /> <argument index="0" name="path" type="String" /> <argument index="1" name="arguments" type="PackedStringArray" /> <description> - Creates a new process that runs independently of Godot. It will not terminate if Godot terminates. The file specified in [code]path[/code] must exist and be executable. Platform path resolution will be used. The [code]arguments[/code] are used in the given order and separated by a space. + Creates a new process that runs independently of Godot. It will not terminate if Godot terminates. The path specified in [code]path[/code] must exist and be executable file or macOS .app bundle. Platform path resolution will be used. The [code]arguments[/code] are used in the given order and separated by a space. If the process creation succeeds, the method will return the new process ID, which you can use to monitor the process (and potentially terminate it with [method kill]). If the process creation fails, the method will return [code]-1[/code]. For example, running another instance of the project: [codeblocks] @@ -49,7 +65,7 @@ [/codeblocks] See [method execute] if you wish to run an external command and retrieve the results. [b]Note:[/b] This method is implemented on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows. - [b]Note:[/b] On macOS, sandboxed applications are limited to run only embedded helper executables, specified during export. + [b]Note:[/b] On macOS, sandboxed applications are limited to run only embedded helper executables, specified during export or system .app bundle, system .app bundles will ignore arguments. </description> </method> <method name="delay_msec" qualifiers="const"> @@ -57,7 +73,7 @@ <argument index="0" name="msec" type="int" /> <description> Delays execution of the current thread by [code]msec[/code] milliseconds. [code]msec[/code] must be greater than or equal to [code]0[/code]. Otherwise, [method delay_msec] will do nothing and will print an error message. - [b]Note:[/b] [method delay_msec] is a [i]blocking[/i] way to delay code execution. To delay code execution in a non-blocking way, see [method SceneTree.create_timer]. Yielding with [method SceneTree.create_timer] will delay the execution of code placed below the [code]yield[/code] without affecting the rest of the project (or editor, for [EditorPlugin]s and [EditorScript]s). + [b]Note:[/b] [method delay_msec] is a [i]blocking[/i] way to delay code execution. To delay code execution in a non-blocking way, see [method SceneTree.create_timer]. Awaiting with [method SceneTree.create_timer] will delay the execution of code placed below the [code]await[/code] without affecting the rest of the project (or editor, for [EditorPlugin]s and [EditorScript]s). [b]Note:[/b] When [method delay_msec] is called on the main thread, it will freeze the project and will prevent it from redrawing and registering input until the delay has passed. When using [method delay_msec] as part of an [EditorPlugin] or [EditorScript], it will freeze the editor but won't freeze the project if it is currently running (since the project is an independent child process). </description> </method> @@ -66,7 +82,7 @@ <argument index="0" name="usec" type="int" /> <description> Delays execution of the current thread by [code]usec[/code] microseconds. [code]usec[/code] must be greater than or equal to [code]0[/code]. Otherwise, [method delay_usec] will do nothing and will print an error message. - [b]Note:[/b] [method delay_usec] is a [i]blocking[/i] way to delay code execution. To delay code execution in a non-blocking way, see [method SceneTree.create_timer]. Yielding with [method SceneTree.create_timer] will delay the execution of code placed below the [code]yield[/code] without affecting the rest of the project (or editor, for [EditorPlugin]s and [EditorScript]s). + [b]Note:[/b] [method delay_usec] is a [i]blocking[/i] way to delay code execution. To delay code execution in a non-blocking way, see [method SceneTree.create_timer]. Awaiting with [method SceneTree.create_timer] will delay the execution of code placed below the [code]await[/code] without affecting the rest of the project (or editor, for [EditorPlugin]s and [EditorScript]s). [b]Note:[/b] When [method delay_usec] is called on the main thread, it will freeze the project and will prevent it from redrawing and registering input until the delay has passed. When using [method delay_usec] as part of an [EditorPlugin] or [EditorScript], it will freeze the editor but won't freeze the project if it is currently running (since the project is an independent child process). </description> </method> @@ -124,7 +140,7 @@ </description> </method> <method name="find_keycode_from_string" qualifiers="const"> - <return type="int" /> + <return type="int" enum="Key" /> <argument index="0" name="string" type="String" /> <description> Returns the keycode of the given string (e.g. "Escape"). @@ -133,7 +149,7 @@ <method name="get_cache_dir" qualifiers="const"> <return type="String" /> <description> - Returns the [i]global[/i] cache data directory according to the operating system's standards. On desktop platforms, this path can be overridden by setting the [code]XDG_CACHE_HOME[/code] environment variable before starting the project. See [url=https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/tutorials/io/data_paths.html]File paths in Godot projects[/url] in the documentation for more information. See also [method get_config_dir] and [method get_data_dir]. + Returns the [i]global[/i] cache data directory according to the operating system's standards. On desktop platforms, this path can be overridden by setting the [code]XDG_CACHE_HOME[/code] environment variable before starting the project. See [url=$DOCS_URL/tutorials/io/data_paths.html]File paths in Godot projects[/url] in the documentation for more information. See also [method get_config_dir] and [method get_data_dir]. Not to be confused with [method get_user_data_dir], which returns the [i]project-specific[/i] user data path. </description> </method> @@ -170,7 +186,7 @@ <method name="get_config_dir" qualifiers="const"> <return type="String" /> <description> - Returns the [i]global[/i] user configuration directory according to the operating system's standards. On desktop platforms, this path can be overridden by setting the [code]XDG_CONFIG_HOME[/code] environment variable before starting the project. See [url=https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/tutorials/io/data_paths.html]File paths in Godot projects[/url] in the documentation for more information. See also [method get_cache_dir] and [method get_data_dir]. + Returns the [i]global[/i] user configuration directory according to the operating system's standards. On desktop platforms, this path can be overridden by setting the [code]XDG_CONFIG_HOME[/code] environment variable before starting the project. See [url=$DOCS_URL/tutorials/io/data_paths.html]File paths in Godot projects[/url] in the documentation for more information. See also [method get_cache_dir] and [method get_data_dir]. Not to be confused with [method get_user_data_dir], which returns the [i]project-specific[/i] user data path. </description> </method> @@ -185,7 +201,7 @@ <method name="get_data_dir" qualifiers="const"> <return type="String" /> <description> - Returns the [i]global[/i] user data directory according to the operating system's standards. On desktop platforms, this path can be overridden by setting the [code]XDG_DATA_HOME[/code] environment variable before starting the project. See [url=https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/tutorials/io/data_paths.html]File paths in Godot projects[/url] in the documentation for more information. See also [method get_cache_dir] and [method get_config_dir]. + Returns the [i]global[/i] user data directory according to the operating system's standards. On desktop platforms, this path can be overridden by setting the [code]XDG_DATA_HOME[/code] environment variable before starting the project. See [url=$DOCS_URL/tutorials/io/data_paths.html]File paths in Godot projects[/url] in the documentation for more information. See also [method get_cache_dir] and [method get_config_dir]. Not to be confused with [method get_user_data_dir], which returns the [i]project-specific[/i] user data path. </description> </method> @@ -201,6 +217,7 @@ <return type="String" /> <description> Returns the path to the current engine executable. + [b]Note:[/b] On macOS, always use [method create_instance] instead of relying on executable path. </description> </method> <method name="get_granted_permissions" qualifiers="const"> @@ -212,7 +229,7 @@ </method> <method name="get_keycode_string" qualifiers="const"> <return type="String" /> - <argument index="0" name="code" type="int" /> + <argument index="0" name="code" type="int" enum="Key" /> <description> Returns the given keycode as a string (e.g. Return values: [code]"Escape"[/code], [code]"Shift+Escape"[/code]). See also [member InputEventKey.keycode] and [method InputEventKey.get_keycode_with_modifiers]. @@ -236,6 +253,13 @@ This can be used to narrow down fully specified locale strings to only the "common" language code, when you don't need the additional information about country code or variants. For example, for a French Canadian user with [code]fr_CA[/code] locale, this would return [code]fr[/code]. </description> </method> + <method name="get_main_thread_id" qualifiers="const"> + <return type="int" /> + <description> + Returns the ID of the main thread. See [method get_thread_caller_id]. + [b]Note:[/b] Thread IDs are not deterministic and may be reused across application restarts. + </description> + </method> <method name="get_model_name" qualifiers="const"> <return type="String" /> <description> @@ -322,7 +346,7 @@ <return type="bool" /> <argument index="0" name="tag_name" type="String" /> <description> - Returns [code]true[/code] if the feature for the given feature tag is supported in the currently running instance, depending on the platform, build, etc. Can be used to check whether you're currently running a debug build, on a certain platform or arch, etc. Refer to the [url=https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/getting_started/workflow/export/feature_tags.html]Feature Tags[/url] documentation for more details. + Returns [code]true[/code] if the feature for the given feature tag is supported in the currently running instance, depending on the platform, build, etc. Can be used to check whether you're currently running a debug build, on a certain platform or arch, etc. Refer to the [url=$DOCS_URL/getting_started/workflow/export/feature_tags.html]Feature Tags[/url] documentation for more details. [b]Note:[/b] Tag names are case-sensitive. </description> </method> @@ -357,7 +381,7 @@ <return type="int" enum="Error" /> <argument index="0" name="pid" type="int" /> <description> - Kill (terminate) the process identified by the given process ID ([code]pid[/code]), e.g. the one returned by [method execute] in non-blocking mode. + Kill (terminate) the process identified by the given process ID ([code]pid[/code]), e.g. the one returned by [method execute] in non-blocking mode. See also [method crash]. [b]Note:[/b] This method can also be used to kill processes that were not spawned by the game. [b]Note:[/b] This method is implemented on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows. </description> @@ -455,11 +479,11 @@ </member> </members> <constants> - <constant name="VIDEO_DRIVER_GLES2" value="0" enum="VideoDriver"> - The GLES2 rendering backend. It uses OpenGL ES 2.0 on mobile devices, OpenGL 2.1 on desktop platforms and WebGL 1.0 on the web. + <constant name="VIDEO_DRIVER_VULKAN" value="0" enum="VideoDriver"> + The Vulkan rendering backend. It requires Vulkan 1.0 support and automatically uses features from Vulkan 1.1 and 1.2 if available. </constant> - <constant name="VIDEO_DRIVER_VULKAN" value="1" enum="VideoDriver"> - The Vulkan rendering backend. + <constant name="VIDEO_DRIVER_OPENGL_3" value="1" enum="VideoDriver"> + The OpenGL 3 rendering backend. It uses OpenGL 3.3 Core Profile on desktop platforms, OpenGL ES 3.0 on mobile devices, and WebGL 2.0 on HTML5. </constant> <constant name="DAY_SUNDAY" value="0" enum="Weekday"> Sunday. |