# display

URL: /pounce/api/display/
Section: api
Description: Application display identity for Pounce startup output.

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Module

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`display`

Application display identity for Pounce startup output.

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## Classes

`DisplayConfig`

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Application display identity for Pounce startup output.

Application display identity for Pounce startup output.

#### Attributes

Name
Type
Description

`name`

`str | None`

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`tagline`

`str | None`

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`version`

`str | None`

—

`lines`

`tuple[str, ...]`

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`signage`

`SignageMode | None`

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#### Methods

Internal Methods
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`__post_init__`

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`def __post_init__(self) -> None`

`CliDisplayOverrides`

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CLI-only overrides for display resolution (highest priority).

CLI-only overrides for display resolution (highest priority).

#### Attributes

Name
Type
Description

`name`

`str | None`

—

`tagline`

`str | None`

—

`version`

`str | None`

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`signage`

`str | None`

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## Functions

`_dict_to_display_fields`

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`dict[str, object]`

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Extract known keys from a mapping; unknown keys ignored.

`def _dict_to_display_fields(d: dict[str, object]) -> dict[str, object]`

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`d`
`dict[str, object]`

##### Returns

`dict[str, object]`

`_validate_cli_signage`

1

`None`

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Reject invalid explicit CLI values (other sources still ignore bad strings).

`def _validate_cli_signage(cli_signage: str | None) -> None`

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`cli_signage`
`str | None`

`resolve_display_config`

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`DisplayConfig (/pounce/api/display/#DisplayConfig)`

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Merge display settings from all sources (highest-priority wins per field).

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`def resolve_display_config(*, cli_name: str | None = None, cli_tagline: str | None = None, cli_version: str | None = None, cli_signage: str | None = None, config_display: DisplayConfig | None = None, app: object | None = None, pyproject_path: str | None = None) -> DisplayConfig`

Merge display settings from all sources (highest-priority wins per field).

Priority order (highest first): CLI, environment,`ServerConfig.display`,
`[tool.pounce.display]` in discovered `pyproject.toml`, `app.__pounce_display__`.

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`cli_name`
`str | None`

Default:`None`

`cli_tagline`
`str | None`

Default:`None`

`cli_version`
`str | None`

Default:`None`

`cli_signage`
`str | None`

Default:`None`

`config_display`
`DisplayConfig (/pounce/api/display/#DisplayConfig) | None`

Default:`None`

`app`
`object | None`

Default:`None`

`pyproject_path`
`str | None`

Default:`None`

##### Returns

`DisplayConfig (/pounce/api/display/#DisplayConfig)`