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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Join us on our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/jJxZnrGPWN)! -dwl is a compact, hackable compositor for Wayland based on [wlroots](https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots). It is intended to fill the same space in the Wayland world that dwm does in X11, primarily in terms of philosophy, and secondarily in terms of functionality. Like dwm, dwl is: +dwl is a compact, hackable compositor for Wayland based on [wlroots](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots/). It is intended to fill the same space in the Wayland world that dwm does in X11, primarily in terms of philosophy, and secondarily in terms of functionality. Like dwm, dwl is: - Easy to understand, hack on, and extend with patches - One C source file (or a very small number) configurable via `config.h` @@ -19,15 +19,14 @@ dwl is not meant to provide every feature under the sun. Instead, like dwm, it s - Various Wayland protocols - XWayland support as provided by wlroots (can be enabled in `config.mk`) - Zero flickering - Wayland users naturally expect that "every frame is perfect" +- Layer shell popups (used by Waybar) +- Damage tracking provided by scenegraph API Features under consideration (possibly as patches) are: - Protocols made trivial by wlroots -- Implement the input-inhibitor protocol to support screen lockers -- Implement the idle-inhibit protocol which lets applications such as mpv disable idle monitoring -- Layer shell popups (used by Waybar) -- Basic yes/no damage tracking to avoid needless redraws -- More in-depth damage region tracking ([which may improve power usage](https://mozillagfx.wordpress.com/2019/10/22/dramatically-reduced-power-usage-in-firefox-70-on-macos-with-core-animation/)) +- Implement the input-inhibitor protocol to support screen lockers (see https://github.com/djpohly/dwl/pull/132) +- Implement the idle-inhibit protocol which lets applications such as mpv disable idle monitoring (see https://github.com/djpohly/dwl/pull/133) - Implement the text-input and input-method protocols to support IME once ibus implements input-method v2 (see https://github.com/ibus/ibus/pull/2256 and https://github.com/djpohly/dwl/pull/12) Feature *non-goals* for the main codebase include: |