Re: Wayland and Gambas

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 07/04/2024 à 22:10, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> With the greatest respect to Ben i have to say,, I'm not so convinced it 
> is just a wayland is broken thing I think gambas is missing a trick.
> I mean, I can load gnome files or gnome text editor and they open at the 
> last opened position not just 0,0 .
> they seem to know and remembrer their screen position jut fine.
>
> So I think it's a gambas problem/misconception as it seems like only my 
> gambas apps that have zero control over window positioning on the screen.
> Respects
> BruceS

If I run "meld" on KDE, which is a GTK+ application, it opens at a 
random position. It does not remember its last position.

As there is no Wayland protocol to specify a window position, KDE and 
Gnome have to implement their own private protocol to let an application 
move its windows, and/or automatically remember the position of the 
windows of the applications.

But then it will work only for gnome applications on a gnome desktop, 
and KDE applications on a KDE desktop, as long as these private 
protocols do not become a common Wayland standard protocol.

--
Benoît Minisini.