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Better document parameter handling in Node (#234)
Signed-off-by: Felix Divo <[email protected]>
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launch_ros/launch_ros/actions/node.py

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A yaml file with the resulting parameters from the dictionary will be
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written to a temporary file, the path to which will be passed to the
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node.
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Multiple dictionaries/files can be passed: each file path will be
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passed in in order to the node (where the last definition of a
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parameter takes effect).
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Multiple parameter dictionaries/files can be passed: each file path
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will be passed in in order to the node (where the last definition of
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a parameter takes effect).
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However, fully qualified node names override wildcards even when
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specified earlier.
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If `namespace` is not specified, dictionaries are prefixed by a
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wildcard namespace (`/**`) and other specific parameter declarations
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may overwrite it.
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:param: executable the name of the executable to find if a package
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is provided or otherwise a path to the executable to run.

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