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authorJay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>2020-03-31 17:38:05 +0200
committerJay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>2020-03-31 23:39:20 +0200
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Use QPDF_EXECUTABLE as a hint for completion
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@@ -593,6 +593,14 @@ make
path, it will warn you, and the completion won't work if you're in
a different directory.
</para>
+ <para>
+ qpdf will use <literal>argv[0]</literal> to figure out where its
+ executable is. This may produce unwanted results in some cases,
+ especially if you are trying to use completion with copy of qpdf
+ that is built from source. You can specify a full path to the qpdf
+ you want to use for completion in the
+ <literal>QPDF_EXECUTABLE</literal> environment variable.
+ </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="ref.basic-options">
<title>Basic Options</title>