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Curious from people who follow its development closely.

  • What protocol are about to be finally implemented?
  • Which ones are still a struggle?
  • How many serious protocols are there missing?

https://arewewaylandyet.com/

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[–] russjr08@bitforged.space 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'd love to find an alternative to xdotool's auto type feature (or ClickPaste from Windows).

There is wtype but unfortunately it doesn't work in KDE nor GNOME because neither of them support the right protocol. I've run into the " hasn't implemented $PROTOCOL" a few times in the past and it's certainly a bit annoying.

Aside from when that comes up, I don't really have any complaints. A tool we used for work was never going to be fully functional on Wayland because of its dependence on Xinerama (I think) but thankfully we've moved away from it.

[–] cheet@infosec.pub 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I like ydotool, uses a systemd user service, but fulfills my needs of KB shortcuts to paste text into vnc sessions

[–] russjr08@bitforged.space 1 points 7 months ago

Oh that is perfect, thank you! Funnily enough, pasting into VNC sessions is exactly what I needed something like this for as well - you've taken a lot of future pain out of my workday!