Re: [RFC PATCH] Add xdg-output protocol

2017-07-07 Thread David Edmundson
I don't understand what we gain by sending the position again in global compositor space, it will always match the position of the wl_output. David ___ wayland-devel mailing list wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/l

Re: [RFC PATCH] Add xdg-output protocol

2017-07-06 Thread Olivier Fourdan
Hi, > I don't understand what we gain by sending the position again in global > compositor space, it will always match the position of the wl_output. That's right, but the position in wl_output has limited sense for some applications (basically, an x/y position makes sense only in a 2D composito

[RFC PATCH] Add xdg-output protocol

2017-07-04 Thread Olivier Fourdan
This protocol aims at describing outputs in way which is more in line with the concept of an output on desktop oriented systems. Some information are more specific to the concept of an output for a desktop oriented system and may not make sense in other applications, such as IVI systems for exampl

[RFC PATCH] Add xdg-output protocol

2017-07-04 Thread Olivier Fourdan
Hi This is a follow-up on my previous attempts at adding a logical size to outputs (as required for Xwayland). This introduces the xdg_output protocol aimed at complementing wl_output for desktop specific concepts. For now it just adds a couple of events referring to the corresponding wl_output,