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# Wayland backend for GNUstep
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This directory (along with `Headers/wayland/`, and a file in `Source/cairo/`
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and `Headers/cairo`) contains the Wayland backend for GNUstep GUI. This
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display server backend depends on Cairo graphics backend; it will currently
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not work with any other combination.
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As of April 2020, it is incomplete and broken. Help getting it functional will
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be appreciated.
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## Known issues
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Last updated 25 April 2020:
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* Under Weston, some backing Cairo surfaces, which should not be visible in
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the compositor, are nonetheless drawn randomly onto the screen.
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* Backing view surfaces may never get blitted onto the main window.
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* After a while, Weston assumes that the application is not responding (there
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is a spinner when hovering over the windows, and the surfaces can be
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rotated by holding the right mouse button). Some events still get
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delivered, visible in the debug output, but otherwise the application
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appears frozen.
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## Use on Debian
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As of April 2020, it requires the stable XDG Shell protocol to be available in
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the compositor you may be using. Weston included in Debian buster does _not_
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include the stable XDG Shell protocol; this was only checked into Weston in
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February 2019, and seemingly released with Weston 6, which does not ship in
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Debian buster.
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## Regenerating protocol files
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To regenerate protocol sources from protocol IDLs in XML format, please use
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`wayland-regenerate.sh`. Paths to the XML files are hardcoded to the values on
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a Debian testing system.
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