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Xmonad seeking help for Wayland port (2023)

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88 points clircle | 2 comments | 18 Sep 25 00:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jmclnx ◴[19 Sep 25 23:38 UTC] No.45308107[source]▶
That is the thing with Wayland, it is much harder to create a window manager for Wayland. IIRC, fvwm decided not to create a Wayland version due to the difficulty.

When Wayland replacing X, lots of cool window managers and mini applications will be gone.

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preisschild ◴[19 Sep 25 23:47 UTC] No.45308167[source]▶
There are libraries like wlroots (C) and Smithay (Rust) to be able to more easily create your own wayland compositor
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cratermoon ◴[19 Sep 25 23:50 UTC] No.45308186[source]▶
Are you suggesting every application should implement its own compositor?
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1. zeendo ◴[20 Sep 25 00:09 UTC] No.45308351{3}[source]▶
This style of engagement is so off-putting.
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2. cratermoon ◴[20 Sep 25 02:24 UTC] No.45309633[source]▶
Help me out then. What value, to a window manager developer, is there in making it easier to create your own wayland compositor?