17-19 October 2023
Palexco
Europe/Madrid timezone

The case for an "icon" protocol

19 Oct 2023, 16:30
5m
Palexco

Palexco

Muelle de Trasatlánticos, s/n, 15003 A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
Lightning Talk Lightning Talks II

Speaker

Mr Philipp Kaeser (Google)

Description

Migrating to Wayland also means to bid farewell to X11 Window Manager features that were popular in a few niches. Among them: The ability to set WM hints for an icon window.

This talk will present a brief recap on what this feature was used for, sketch a proposal for a Wayland protocol for this use-case. Including a short demonstration of a prototype implementation in protocol and compositor.

Code of Conduct Yes
GSoC, EVoC or Outreachy No
In-person or virtual presentation In-person

Primary author

Mr Philipp Kaeser (Google)

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