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In addition, this was also motivated by the plethora of 3rd party GUI launchers/frontends developed by numerous contributors over the years <ref>[[The FlightGear Front-End Situation]]</ref>.
In addition, this was also motivated by the plethora of 3rd party GUI launchers/frontends developed by numerous contributors over the years <ref>[[The FlightGear Front-End Situation]]</ref>.


the intention is we’re adding integrated convenience features but the command line / shell environment won’t change and the default mode of ‘fgfs’ even in a Qt-enabled build is unchanged. You need set an env var or pass an argument to get the launcher, even if the feature was selected at compile time. We have the advantage that the Windows and Mac pre-built builds, it’s easy to ensure Qt is available, and those users are less likely to want complex command-line control than Linux users.<ref>{{cite web
 
There is 100% agreement that FlightGear will never require Qt<ref>{{cite web
  |url    = https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/34532040/
  |title  = <nowiki>[Flightgear-devel]  GUI questions (again)</nowiki>
  |author = <nowiki>James Turner</nowiki>
  |date  = Oct 11th, 2015
  |added  = May 7th, 2016
  |script_version = 0.35
  }}
</ref>, the intention is we’re adding integrated convenience features but the command line / shell environment won’t change and the default mode of ‘fgfs’ even in a Qt-enabled build is unchanged. You need set an env var or pass an argument to get the launcher, even if the feature was selected at compile time. We have the advantage that the Windows and Mac pre-built builds, it’s easy to ensure Qt is available, and those users are less likely to want complex command-line control than Linux users.<ref>{{cite web
   |url    = https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/34532040/
   |url    = https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/34532040/
   |title  = <nowiki>[Flightgear-devel]  GUI questions (again)</nowiki>
   |title  = <nowiki>[Flightgear-devel]  GUI questions (again)</nowiki>

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