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Wayfire 0.8

by eirikurh on 10/10/23, 9:57 AM with 68 comments

  • by dizhn on 10/10/23, 1:00 PM

    One of the developers just responded on the github issue referecing this thread. (Also reopened the issue and removed wontfix)

    "After a bit of discussion on HackerNews, I got a bit better understanding of the actual problem. People don't want to just configure the keys according to a particular layout - the actual 'issue' here is that they expect the key binding changes together with the layout. Unfortunately, the 0.8.0 changes didn't make this possible to implement as a plugin.

    I would reconsider adding this as an option if there are enough interested people. React with a thumbs up to this comment if you are interested in having this option (though the defaults will certainly remain as they are now). Please, react only if you actually use Wayfire or would use it if it had this feature :)"

    https://github.com/WayfireWM/wayfire/issues/1601#issuecommen...

  • by tmtvl on 10/10/23, 11:19 AM

    I gave Wayfire a shot a bit earlier in the year, but as I am a Dvorak typist and <https://github.com/WayfireWM/wayfire/issues/1601> is marked as "wontfix", I decided to stick to Awesome for the time being. It did run like a dream, though, even on my ancient potato, so if the keybinding issue does get fixed at some point I may well switch over.

  • by OsrsNeedsf2P on 10/10/23, 12:27 PM

    > The purpose of workspace sets is to have a dedicated set of normal workspaces for different activities the user does on their computer. For example, I have one workspace set (containing a 2x2 workspace grid) dedicated to Wayfire, where I have Wayfire’s source code, GitHub issues, wlroots, etc. There is another workspace set dedicated to a project I am working on for university, and so on. Of course, a similar effect could be achieved with a single bigger workspace grid, but having a 5x5 workspace grid quickly becomes difficult to navigate.

    I've wanted this for 7 years

  • by solarkraft on 10/10/23, 3:07 PM

    I used Wayfire for a while a couple of years ago. When I checked it out again a few months ago it seemed fairly unmaintained.

    I'm happy it's alive because I find it to be a great and hugely underrated compositor with great potential.

  • by rapnie on 10/10/23, 3:33 PM

    Tangential. This is a cool project. But I notice how many projects similar to this one make it hard to find that out. The landing page says:

    > Wayfire is a wayland compositor based on wlroots. It aims to create a customizable, extendable and lightweight environment without sacrificing its appearance.

    Now a visitor should know what "wayland" is, and then what a "wayland compositor" is, and only then can they decide if the project is interesting. The description assumes this knowledge, but many people will not take the time to figure it out and just surf to the next interesting thing. Opportunity missed.

  • by charcircuit on 10/10/23, 2:19 PM

    >IPC socket

    This IPC is a custom built IPC that has no security. This means that any program can do stuff like steal focus or drive other window manager policy if the plugin is there. There is also a plugin that exposes the ability to send key or mouse events.

    Applications should just use DBus instead of creating their own custom IPC protocols just because they feel like it.

  • by theorknfnfn on 10/10/23, 11:26 AM

    Anyone using it daily? I'd love to hear about what makes the cool animations.. well, cool. My desktop is pretty boring right now.

  • by ShadowBanThis01 on 10/10/23, 4:08 PM

    Is?