H-M-H/Weylus

Wayland support?

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#3 opened on Jun 8, 2020

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Description

Does this project support Wayland? I'm running the latest on https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/weylus-bin/ and while I have input working, I'm getting a black screen on the iPad browser I'm using it from.

Input also seems to be smooth in Xwayland apps, but jumpy in Wayland native apps.

Update: See recording of this at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrJXqqLKas4. All input is made via Apple Pencil on an iPad. Notice that the input is smooth when over xeyes, but jumpy over Alacritty (which is a Wayland app).

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Research direction
Investigate the current implementation's handling of Wayland vs X11. Look into how screen capture and input events are handled on Wayland. Check for existing Wayland integration attempts in the comments.
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rust
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desktop
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RustWayland
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