From: Pekka Paalanen <[email protected]> Tablet shell is long gone. Might as well list what we have now.
Signed-off-by: Pekka Paalanen <[email protected]> --- man/weston.man | 27 +++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/weston.man b/man/weston.man index 735235f..d8d924e 100644 --- a/man/weston.man +++ b/man/weston.man @@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ Wayland shell, desktop, or applications. . .\" *************************************************************** .SH SHELLS +Each of these shells have its own public protocol interface for clients. +This means that a client must be specifically written for a shell protocol, +otherwise it will not work. .TP Desktop shell Desktop shell is like a modern X desktop environment, concentrating @@ -57,16 +60,20 @@ and the special client .B weston-desktop-shell which provides the wallpaper, panel, and screen locking dialog. .TP -Tablet shell -Tablet shell is a graphical user interface aimed for tablet-like -devices, where usually the only input method is a touch screen. -It does not support freely floating windows or many other desktop -features, but intends to provide a natural interface on tablets. -Tablet shell consists of the shell plugin -.I tablet-shell.so -and the special client -.B weston-tablet-shell -which provides the basic user interface. +Fullscreen shell +Fullscreen shell is intended for a client that needs to take over +whole outputs, often all outputs. This is primarily intended for +running another compositor on Weston. The other compositor does not +need to handle any platform-specifics like DRM/KMS or evdev/libinput. +The shell consists only of the shell plugin +.IR fullscreen-shell.so . +.TP +IVI-shell +In-vehicle infotainment shell is a special purpose shell that exposes +a GENIVI Layer Manager compatible API to controller modules, and a very +simple shell protocol towards clients. IVI-shell starts with loading +.IR ivi-shell.so , +and then a controller module which may launch helper clients. . .\" *************************************************************** .SH XWAYLAND -- 2.0.5 _______________________________________________ wayland-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel
