Re:The death watch for the X Window System has probably started
by krageon on Monday July 08, 2019 @04:36AM
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> The fact that a random process can no longer read all of your keystrokes seems like a plus
It is a plus, unless you write software that allows for global keyboard/mouse shortcuts (which I have done). In which case it is just a huge pain in the ass to not have it, and then hearing from some developers that you can just "add a shortcut to your window manager" is incredibly frustrating. It's not like you can trust an average end-user to actually do so, even the ones that do run linux. Then you will get complained at for not having functionality that existed at some point in the past.
Re:The death watch for the X Window System has probably started
by earenndil on Sunday July 07, 2019 @10:18PM
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Exclusive fullscreen = application runs directly on the screenbuffer, bypassing the compositor. Not just that a window happens to be taking up the whole screen.
Re:The death watch for the X Window System has probably started
by PlutoIsAPlanet on Monday July 08, 2019 @04:39AM
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This is never going to exist the same way it did in X, which was a hack around the X display model.
- remote desktop: good point. Considering that screen recordings work fine, I don't see a technical reason that a Wayland remote desktop setup couldn't work.
- exclusive fullscreen: what do you mean by this? Using Firefox, F11 and Super-F both work in Sway and F11 works with GNOME.
- keyboard/mouse shortcuts: maybe? The fact that a random process can no longer read all of your keystrokes seems like a plus, to me. Otherwise, just add a shortcut to your window manager or DE and run a command of your choice.
- losing all apps on compositor restart: Only an issue with GNOME and KDE. Pressing Super-Shift-C on Sway reloads the compositor and not your apps.