Re: Wayland and Gambas

[Brian G <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/7/24 06:23, Philippe Valarcher wrote:
> Le dimanche 07 avril 2024 à 13:06 +0100, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> > On Sun, 7 Apr 2024 at 13:01, Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 at 16:01, Philippe Valarcher 
> > > <philippe.valarcher@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Wayland and problems :
> > > >
> > > > Soon Xorg will be liable for time (in not so long). Already, many 
> > > > distributions offer Wayland by default.
> > > > Given the number of display bugs under Wayland with Gambas, it is 
> > > > time to start identifying all these and glimpse some solutions.
> > > > Not so long ago Gambas did not work under Wayland, which will 
> > > > become the norm in a short time.
> > > >
> > > > Here is what I have already identified with Patrick and is to be 
> > > > continued :
> > > >
> > > > - Skiptaskbar is not operational under Wayland.
> > > > - Applications are displayed anywhere, no need to center them, your 
> > > > forms, they will go: "On the screen".
> > > > - It's even worse with several screens.
> > > I find if you want wayland compatibility you have to do the following...
> > >
> > > Remove any code using Mouse.ScreenX/Mouse.ScreenY
> > >  As gambas reports these values relevant to the Form not the Screen. 
> > > (like the form is as top level as it goes) so your code won't work 
> > > as expected.
> > > Forget any kind of Main Form positioning.
> > > Getting or setting Form.X, Form.Y or using Form.Move() or using 
> > > Form_Move() event, all do not work in wayland.
> > > again, like the form is as top level as it can see so it's X and Y 
> > > are relevant to itself not the current Screen,
> > > i found Form.X and Form.Y the same (about 20,20) wherever the form 
> > > was on the screen.
> > >
> > > Sorry i have not tested for the other problems you mentioned about 
> > > SkipTaskbar, TrayIcon, etc
> > >
> > > Something just seems kinda horribly wrong to me.  but this how it is.
> > PS.  I have started to add some warnings in the wiki about these 
> > Screen related issues with wayland
> >
> > Respects
> > BruceS
>
> Thank you for your kind answer. The problem is more from wayland than 
> from Gambas but the futur is on.
>
> --
> Philippe Valarcher <philippe.valarcher@xxxxxxx>

Can someone tell me clearly why distros are moving to such a broken interface.
So much is not supported or broken, and looks like much may never be added.

I wonder if this is Microsoft's dream to kill Linux... contribute to extinction thru interface.. lol I know just kidding
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~~~~ Brian

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