Hi, 2017-12-06 (水) の 08:56 +0100 に Silvan Jegen さんは書きました: > Hi > > On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 3:46 PM, Philipp Kerling <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I've been thinking about submitting a Wayland-themed talk to the > > FOSDEM > > graphics devroom [1] and wanted to check with the community if > > anyone > > else has considered this or another Wayland topic and whether you > > think > > it would be a good idea™. > > > > What I would want to talk about is a beginner's introduction to > > Wayland > > from the client perspective. I think that resources on this (and on > > Wayland in general to be honest) are quite scarce and that I could > > pass > > on some of the knowledge I have gained by implementing native > > Wayland > > support in Kodi this way. > > > > This would include stuff such as: > > * Wayland architecture > > * Comparison with X > > * Security architecture > > * Limitations: What is not possible with Wayland (currently) > > * Difference between core and extension protocols > > * Global registry > > * Relevant documentation and resources > > * Why you should not be writing a Wayland client yourself (aka use > > toolkits if possible) > > * Relevant compositors to test on and how to use nested mode > > * Basic client programming > > * Protocols needed to get a surface on screen (wl_compositor, > > wl_surface, wl_shm, wl_shm_pool, wl_shell, wl_shell_surface) > > * Seats and input > > * Keyboard: wl_keyboard and libxkbcommon > > * Mouse: wl_pointer and libwayland-cursor for cursor > > handling > > * xdg_wm_base > > * Window decorations > > * EGL > > I would be very interested in an overview like that and think it's a > very good idea™ indeed! Thanks! I've submitted the abstract, let's see if I get a slot.
> I see that you left out the text-input/input-method protocols in your > topics. Is it because those are unstable or because you don't > consider > them to be important enough? I just hadn't seen them in practice yet personally, to be honest. Having taken a closer look, I think it would be best to focus on protocols that have or are expected to have good cross-compositor support and are useful for general-purpose desktop applications. Is text-input implemented in a mainstream compositor besides weston? Regards, Philipp > > Cheers, > > Silvan _______________________________________________ wayland-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel
