pyrofi
Wrapper for Rofi menus that helps you to build hierarchical menus (by astynax)
gtk-layer-shell
A library to create panels and other desktop components for Wayland using the Layer Shell protocol (by wmww)
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| 10.0 | 5.7 | |
| over 3 years ago | 2 months ago | |
| Python | C | |
| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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pyrofi
Posts with mentions or reviews of pyrofi.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-10.
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Is there some app that lets you launch a simple text overlay?
I see that there is a python rodi/wofi utility called https://github.com/astynax/pyrofi
gtk-layer-shell
Posts with mentions or reviews of gtk-layer-shell.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-10.
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Is there some app that lets you launch a simple text overlay?
Here an example with GTK and python https://github.com/wmww/gtk-layer-shell/blob/master/examples/simple-example.py
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Waybar start up is slow on Fedora 35
shivodit @ ~ $ waybar [2021-11-04 18:16:32.685] [info] Resources files: /home/shivodit/.config/waybar/config, /home/shivodit/.config/waybar/style.css [2021-11-04 18:16:56.160] [warning] For a functional tray you must have libappindicator-* installed and export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity [2021-11-04 18:16:56.167] [error] media stopped unexpectedly, is it endless? ** (waybar:2188): WARNING **: 18:16:56.184: gtk-layer-shell v0.6.0 may not work on GTK v3.24.30. If you experience crashes, check https://github.com/wmww/gtk-layer-shell/blob/master/compatibility.md [2021-11-04 18:16:56.312] [info] Bar configured (width: 1920, height: 30) for output: DP-1
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Wayland Vs Xorg : Pick your side
Ummm. .. not always the case that the client is at fault. For example the layer shell protocols of Wayland allows you to create desktop components like popup menus etc. Now the tricky part is established desktop environments like GNOME uses the xdg_surface, hence GTK only has binding or focuses explicitly on that. This has given others who wants to implement a layer shell like this gtk-layer-shell library has to do some hacking as workaround. As you see currently only tested to work with gtk3 2.24 26.while many rolling releases are already shifting gtk3 2.24.30. Some window managers or rather say status bar like waybar ( the most popular status bar project ) uses this library. And this creates problem for those wants to use any status bar that depends on tk layer shell library and are on recent updates on gtk. Gtk only sees xdg_surface, is not in a mood to support other libraries.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing pyrofi and gtk-layer-shell you can also consider the following projects:
xdg-desktop-portal - Desktop integration portal
nwg-wrapper - Wrapper to display a script output or a text file content on the desktop in sway or other wlroots-based compositors
Sway-PreviewKeys - Program for showing Sway window manager's key bindings associated with a mode
eww - ElKowars wacky widgets
mako - A lightweight Wayland notification daemon
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