wlr-protocols

Wayland protocols designed for use in wlroots (and other compositors)

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Wayland protocols designed for use in wlroots (and other compositors)

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2019	2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	3	3
2020	2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2	2
2021	2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2	2

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ddevault·Oct 25, 2020

It's not a particularly arduous "adventure". We maintain a list[0] of programs which use these protocols. And wlroots != tiling window manager: there are multiple wlroots-based compositors which do not use the tiling paradigm, the most developed of which is probably Wayfire[1]. [0]: https://github.com/swaywm/wlr-protocols/wiki [1]: https://github.com/WayfireWM/wayfire

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c487bd62·Jul 31, 2020

Why don't you propose a protocol to solve the issues you have? If it solves a problem other users have it would get adopted I'm sure (except maybe GNOME). I'm not a Wayland developer but it's what I observed in the issue tracker of my WM. A limitation is often overcome by a protocol and a basic implementation after. If you put the work in, the wlroots and KDE people are always very nice and will help you get started. https://github.com/wayland-project/wayland-protocols/tree/ma... https://github.com/wayland-project/wayland-protocols/tree/ma... https://github.com/swaywm/wlr-protocols/tree/master/unstable

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