Wayland 1.22 Released With New Preferred Buffer Scale & Transform Protocol

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Wayland 1.22 Released With New Preferred Buffer Scale & Transform Protocol

Wayland 1.22 is now available as the newest feature update to this core set of Wayland protocol and helper code...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-1.22-Released

[heredoc]

HiDPI screenshots from non-HiDPI screens

If this works out, can i do screenshare with higher resolutions then my native display? Could shared content be adjusted to the needs of the receiving side as well?

[dragorth]

If this works out, can i do screenshare with higher resolutions then my native display? Could shared content be adjusted to the needs of the receiving side as well?

Prima Facia, yes. This will depend on implementation, and if they specifically disallow it in the spec.

[kpedersen]

I am going to assume the scaling stuff is basically catching up to something like this:

$ xrandr --output HDMI-1 --scale 1.25x1.25

[CochainComplex]

...ha early enough to sit down with my popcorn and wait for the X folks

[Sethox]

...ha early enough to sit down with my popcorn and wait for the X folks

The X vs Wayland debate is entertaining, and has valid reasons on both sides. The irony is, the good criticism against Wayland is a good thing.

[Quackdoc]

cross DE magnifying glass software will certainly be nice, now we just need mouse tracking and "always on top" support

[MorrisS.]

Will this improvements fix the known issue about the fractional scaling?

[jarekZ]

I am going to assume the scaling stuff is basically catching up to something like this:

$ xrandr --output HDMI-1 --scale 1.25x1.25

I assume that this command sets scaling for the whole screen. Wayland protocol from the article allows to set scaling for each buffer (i.e. single window, not the whole screen) individually

[kpedersen]

I assume that this command sets scaling for the whole screen. Wayland protocol from the article allows to set scaling for each buffer (i.e. single window, not the whole screen) individually

Oh right. Setting a custom scale to each window seems like an awkward workflow.

During lockdown and screenshare, I used to use Xephyr with custom scaling in each server for streaming at more friendly sizes. That could be adapted to per-application.