Hi Pekka, > [...] > Maybe more along the lines of xdg_output rather than wp_output. Is > there something else desktops would need about outputs? Identification > (machine-wide unique connector name, output number?) has come up > before, in both human-readable description and persistent > machine-parseable forms. Output type (monitor, projector, ...) maybe? > > No need to add everything from the start, but I think it could make > sense. Start with the position and size parameters all desktops use > today, but maybe leave them somehow optional, and don't pack more than > one thing (e.g. logical size) per event. > > As for deprecation of existing wl_output bits, it could be as simple > start as changing nothing. Maybe add documentation saying that > extensions offer probably better things to use, or that some particular > parameters are not always reliable.
Right, sounds like a plan, start with a new, very simple xdg_output protocol that (at least) fulfils the needs for Xwayland at first, and extend that over time as people need more. Cheers, Olivier _______________________________________________ wayland-devel mailing list wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel