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Kenny Levinsen a2c73c9b8b ipc-server: Force modeset if needed after executing commands
IPC clients generally expect executed commands to have taken effect when
the command completes, while delayed modeset means that it can take
several milliseconds more before e.g. an output is enabled.

However, modesetting on every output command in the IPC call could on
systems with already slow modesetting behavior lead to an unresponsive
system for a not insignificant period of time.

To strike a balance, force modeset once all the commands of this IPC
call have executed if a modeset is pending.
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.builds ci: use package x11-servers/xwayland instead of x11-servers/xwayland-devel 2024-07-14 23:19:19 +02:00
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assets License wallpapers as CC-0 2019-12-16 14:35:58 -05:00
client Define _POSIX_C_SOURCE globally 2024-02-23 17:43:19 +03:00
common common/pango: Disable glyph position rounding 2024-07-10 18:49:42 -04:00
completions build: move completions to separate file 2022-11-28 18:51:45 -05:00
include ipc-server: Force modeset if needed after executing commands 2024-11-17 19:11:58 +01:00
protocols Add support for tearing-control-v1 2024-08-05 02:13:49 +02:00
sway ipc-server: Force modeset if needed after executing commands 2024-11-17 19:11:58 +01:00
swaybar swaybar: Emit property changes for SNI watcher 2024-11-10 20:42:02 +01:00
swaymsg Add support for tearing-control-v1 2024-08-05 02:13:49 +02:00
swaynag swaynag: fix null dereference on scale change 2024-11-09 02:33:48 +01:00
.editorconfig Create .editorconfig 2016-07-04 14:12:32 +02:00
.gitignore gitignore: Ignore clangd-generated directory .cache/ 2023-10-23 11:05:08 +02:00
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config.in Switch default config to wmenu-run 2024-08-11 19:47:39 +02:00
CONTRIBUTING.md Fix IRC links in READMEs and templates 2021-05-26 08:25:13 +02:00
LICENSE MIT license 2017-01-06 13:45:48 -05:00
meson.build build: avoid git repository discovery when determining version 2024-08-03 18:35:55 +02:00
meson_options.txt build: drop xwayland option 2024-05-21 11:44:39 -04:00
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README.dk.md readme: Stop recommending setuid bit for non-logind systems 2023-09-13 10:21:59 +02:00
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README.nl.md readme: Stop recommending setuid bit for non-logind systems 2023-09-13 10:21:59 +02:00
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README.pl.md readme: Stop recommending setuid bit for non-logind systems 2023-09-13 10:21:59 +02:00
README.pt.md readme: Stop recommending setuid bit for non-logind systems 2023-09-13 10:21:59 +02:00
README.ro.md readme: Stop recommending setuid bit for non-logind systems 2023-09-13 10:21:59 +02:00
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README.sv.md Remove language bars from remaining non-English README files 2024-10-28 14:06:01 +01:00
README.tr.md readme: Stop recommending setuid bit for non-logind systems 2023-09-13 10:21:59 +02:00
README.uk.md readme: Stop recommending setuid bit for non-logind systems 2023-09-13 10:21:59 +02:00
README.zh-CN.md readme: Stop recommending setuid bit for non-logind systems 2023-09-13 10:21:59 +02:00
README.zh-TW.md readme: Stop recommending setuid bit for non-logind systems 2023-09-13 10:21:59 +02:00
release.sh release.sh: read meson-rewrite output from stdout 2024-10-31 10:31:38 +01:00
sway.desktop Update language in sway.desktop & sway(1) 2019-03-10 15:09:52 -04:00

sway

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sway is an i3-compatible Wayland compositor. Read the FAQ. Join the IRC channel (#sway on irc.libera.chat).

Release Signatures

Releases are signed with E88F5E48 and published on GitHub.

Installation

From Packages

Sway is available in many distributions. Try installing the "sway" package for yours.

Compiling from Source

Check out this wiki page if you want to build the HEAD of sway and wlroots for testing or development.

Install dependencies:

  • meson *
  • wlroots
  • wayland
  • wayland-protocols *
  • pcre2
  • json-c
  • pango
  • cairo
  • gdk-pixbuf2 (optional: additional image formats for system tray)
  • swaybg (optional: wallpaper)
  • scdoc (optional: man pages) *
  • git (optional: version info) *

* Compile-time dep

Run these commands:

meson build/
ninja -C build/
sudo ninja -C build/ install

Configuration

If you already use i3, then copy your i3 config to ~/.config/sway/config and it'll work out of the box. Otherwise, copy the sample configuration file to ~/.config/sway/config. It is usually located at /etc/sway/config. Run man 5 sway for information on the configuration.

Running

Run sway from a TTY. Some display managers may work but are not supported by sway (gdm is known to work fairly well).