Re: Proposal: use of xdg-shell popups outside of xdg-shell

2018-03-14 Thread Jonas Ã…dahl
On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 09:29:30AM -0400, Drew DeVault wrote: > Hi there! Over at the wlroots project we're thinking about repurposing > xdg-shell popups for use in another protocol that needs popups. The > popup interface is somewhat complex and duplicating it for each protocol > that might want t

Re: Proposal: use of xdg-shell popups outside of xdg-shell

2018-03-14 Thread Pekka Paalanen
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:13:48 -0400 Drew DeVault wrote: > >just checking, how did you design your own protocol extension to take > >advantage of xdg_popup? I mean, mechanically, what does the protocol > >request sequence look like when you create an xdp_popup for your own > >purpose? > > > >I'm as

Re: Proposal: use of xdg-shell popups outside of xdg-shell

2018-03-14 Thread Pekka Paalanen
On Tue, 13 Mar 2018 09:29:30 -0400 Drew DeVault wrote: > Hi there! Over at the wlroots project we're thinking about repurposing > xdg-shell popups for use in another protocol that needs popups. The > popup interface is somewhat complex and duplicating it for each protocol > that might want to sup

Proposal: use of xdg-shell popups outside of xdg-shell

2018-03-13 Thread Drew DeVault
Hi there! Over at the wlroots project we're thinking about repurposing xdg-shell popups for use in another protocol that needs popups. The popup interface is somewhat complex and duplicating it for each protocol that might want to support popups is less than ideal. From an API perspective, both xd