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Gregglogger
There is an xdg-desktop-portal which an application can use to register a global shortcut.
https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/blob/main/data...
Not sure which compositor support this and which ones don't. Hyprland, which I use, supports it.
There is also ydotool, which can emit key presses anywhere in Linux by registering a virtual uinput device.
https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool
Using these two building blocks, it should not be very difficult to implement an application that implements global macro support.
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PCSX2 Disables Wayland Support
>Not losing all the work every time your windows manager crashes
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37509703
>remapping keys
>Use xinput to change parameters of their input devices (libinput dropped most configuration options present with evdev)
Up to the compositor.
>Global shortcuts
Also up to the compositor. Was added to xdp in https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/blob/main/data... so it's up to the compositor's xdp impl to provide it. It was created by a KDE dev so I assume KDE implements it at least.
>tunnelling over ssh
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mstoeckl/waypipe
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Gnome developer proposes removing the X11 session
> - O proper screen recording support
Works just fine. I use OBS.
> - broken screen sharing
Never had any trouble with it.
> - No proper global keyboard shortcut
> - No push to talk support
On its way: https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/pull/711 / https://flatpak.github.io/xdg-desktop-portal/#gdbus-org.free...
> - Several problems with multiple screens
Haven't had any more than on X11, but then again I do use Nvidia hardware on Linux.
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The Guy Preserving the New History of PC Games, One Linux Port at a Time
It might help, but at this point Linux containers can't really stabilize the whole environment, especially for games. Particular pain points include accelerated graphics (which theoretically can have a stable kernel interface, but in practice is so complex and performance-sensitive that it's not stable enough to be a "reference platform", so to speak) and modern game controllers (which present a whole mess of concerns typically "addressed" in Flatpak by granting the device=all permission and hoping for the best [1]).
I also know a guy who ran into issues with a kernel update breaking a custom allocator, although I don't know the fine details. That wasn't for a game, but games also use custom allocators for various reasons.
[1] https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/issues/536
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Unpacking Elixir: Syntax
I don't use Wayland, but it seems xdg-desktop-portal since 1.16.0 has a 'Global Shortcuts portal'. Perhaps check it out.
https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal
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UX Hurdles in Open Source #1: Flatpak Permissions
It's being discussed: https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/issues/611
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Advice: TW or Aeon
The first bug report was filed in early 2022 but unfortunately no progress yet on the matter, even after numerous similar reports ever since.
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