On 1 Sep 2022, at 12:26, Simon Ser wrote: >> A medical device outputs a camera display to each of four monitors, >> attached to display port connectors on the graphics card. There is a >> 1:1 relationship between camera outputs and displays, and a UI allows >> assigning a specific camera output to a specific display port output. > > It seems like wl_output.name would be useful for this purpose. > wl_output.description contains a human-readable string which can be > included in the UI. > > Note, do not assume that wl_output.name will have any defined format. > Some compositors will send e.g. "DP-2", some will send an arbitrary ID > such as "CD6767WZ", etc.
In the described use-case compositor is most likely known and fixed. Best, Mikhail.
