phkaeser
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3 months ago Lots of good questions, ideas and pointers!
Questions first:
- Icon for wayland-session: Was thinking of a blend of the Wayland "W circle" with the GNUstep steps. Looking for artists & contributors! :)
- Name: "Wayland Maker" is good. (Need to adjust https://github.com/phkaeser/wlmaker/blob/main/share/wlmaker.desktop.in).
- Example clock: Adding a desktop file and icon with #89. Let me know if that needs updates.
With regards to suggestions:
- Menu integration of
/usr/share/applications: That's the goal. Once toolkit support for menus is added (planned for v0.4), it'll only need some plumbing. Created #90 to track. - Terminal: Happy to use a GNUstep alternative, once I find one that's working well with Wayland!
- GNUstep menu options: A client-side solution may be possible with GNUstep libraries and eg. using the wlr layer shell (https://wayland.app/protocols/wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1). Support from the compositor will likely need an extra wayland protocol. Doable, but a lot of work.
Wishlist for DockApps noted :)
What icon will you make for the wayland-session?
Would this work?
DesktopNames=Wayland MakerThe example clock will also need a desktop file, and icon I guess?
WindowMaker has https://www.windowmaker.org
Wayland has https://wayland.freedesktop.org
Will the menu integrate, these?
/usr/share/applicationsLooking forward to try this bare metal, and maybe help out here and there...
Having foot as terminal is fun, but it's missing the NeXTSTEP menu, for comparison GNUstep has 3 styles for their menu system, classical (detachable menus) like in nextstep/openstep/gnustep, another like macOS (top bar), and windwos (per application, on top)
if i had a choice to wish for dockapps it would be: