Re: [dev] Wayland compositors
* Hadrien Lacour [2021-08-31 15:43]: On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 03:49:43PM +0200, Maarten van Gompel wrote: dwm -> sway (granted, not the same thing) svkbd -> wvkbd (see https://github.com/jjsullivan5196/wvkbd/pull/2) st -> foot dmenu -> bemenu If only there was an equivalent to lemonbar and bspwm+sxhkd (not possible from what I understand; unless the compositor launches the binary, maybe?). https://github.com/majestrate/wterm looks like a better concept but foot is maintained and doesn't bundle wld, at least. There is also https://github.com/deadlyshoes/st-wl Which has a wl.c, similar to the x.c in st and is thus easy to rebase on the current st master. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [dev] Wayland compositors
On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 03:49:43PM +0200, Maarten van Gompel wrote: > Hi Nick et al, > > With Sxmo we're currently also moving towards wayland (we'll have to > reinvent what the X in our name means then). We found that, especially > on the Pinephone, the performance under Wayland is simply superior to > that on X11. We settled on sway to replace dwm, as dwl still lacks the > maturity we need and sway has that going for it. I agree it comes with > maybe a few too many bells & whistles as we'd like. Though of course, by > definition a wayland compositor has a considerably higher complexity > than an X11 window manager anyway. > > We will also keep supporting X and the suckless stack, but > Wayland will become the default in the very near future for us. > Unfortunately this means we had to look for comparable alternatives for > the suckless software stack we've grown attached to. But fortunately > there are people taking up wayland-focused initiatives with a similar > philosophy. Thus far we have: > > dwm -> sway (granted, not the same thing) > svkbd -> wvkbd (see https://github.com/jjsullivan5196/wvkbd/pull/2) > st -> foot > dmenu -> bemenu > If only there was an equivalent to lemonbar and bspwm+sxhkd (not possible from what I understand; unless the compositor launches the binary, maybe?). https://github.com/majestrate/wterm looks like a better concept but foot is maintained and doesn't bundle wld, at least.
Re: [dev] Wayland compositors
Hi Nick et al, With Sxmo we're currently also moving towards wayland (we'll have to reinvent what the X in our name means then). We found that, especially on the Pinephone, the performance under Wayland is simply superior to that on X11. We settled on sway to replace dwm, as dwl still lacks the maturity we need and sway has that going for it. I agree it comes with maybe a few too many bells & whistles as we'd like. Though of course, by definition a wayland compositor has a considerably higher complexity than an X11 window manager anyway. We will also keep supporting X and the suckless stack, but Wayland will become the default in the very near future for us. Unfortunately this means we had to look for comparable alternatives for the suckless software stack we've grown attached to. But fortunately there are people taking up wayland-focused initiatives with a similar philosophy. Thus far we have: dwm -> sway (granted, not the same thing) svkbd -> wvkbd (see https://github.com/jjsullivan5196/wvkbd/pull/2) st -> foot dmenu -> bemenu Regards, -- Maarten van Gompel proy...@anaproy.nl https://proycon.anaproy.nl https://github.com/proycon GnuPG key: 0x39FE11201A31555C XMPP: proy...@anaproy.nl Matrix: @proycon:matrix.anaproy.nl Telegram: proycon IRC: proycon (libera.chat + oftc) Mastodon: https://social.anaproy.nl/@proycon (@proy...@social.anaproy.nl) Twitter:https://twitter.com/proycon
Re: [dev] Wayland compositors
On 21/08/31 02:28, Nick wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm thinking it would be fun to play around with Wayland, so was > looking at different compositors (which do window management plus > other stuff). Has anyone else on the list taken Wayland for a spin > and had any experience with them? > > From a search around the 3 that look interesting to me, a dwm user > for many years, are: > - velox - written by Michael Forney, described as "inspired by dwm > and xmonad" > - sway - i3 for Wayland, undoubtedly mature, undoubtedly more > features than I'd prefer > - dwl - "dwm for Wayland", looks nicely dwm-ish, though no built-in > status bar so I guess I'd have to find some external software to > provide that. > > Any thoughts, experiences, recommendations? > > Nick > https://gist.github.com/probonopd/9feb7c20257af5dd915e3a9f2d1f2277 signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[dev] Wayland compositors
Hi all, I'm thinking it would be fun to play around with Wayland, so was looking at different compositors (which do window management plus other stuff). Has anyone else on the list taken Wayland for a spin and had any experience with them? >From a search around the 3 that look interesting to me, a dwm user for many years, are: - velox - written by Michael Forney, described as "inspired by dwm and xmonad" - sway - i3 for Wayland, undoubtedly mature, undoubtedly more features than I'd prefer - dwl - "dwm for Wayland", looks nicely dwm-ish, though no built-in status bar so I guess I'd have to find some external software to provide that. Any thoughts, experiences, recommendations? Nick
