Commit Graph

13 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Isaac Freund
461cc96bd1
rivertile: add missing try to fix build 2021-05-01 12:54:57 +02:00
Isaac Freund
4684f9fa47
rivertile: add -h/--help, improve man page 2021-05-01 12:49:49 +02:00
Isaac Freund
ec2c50b33f
deps: update to latest zig-wayland 2021-04-27 12:24:30 +02:00
Isaac Freund
07fd1b86ca rivertile: support command line arguments
Add support for command line arguments to set default values for the
various options of rivertile, bringing us back to rough feature parity
with before the commit removing the river-options protocol.
2021-04-27 00:10:20 +02:00
Isaac Freund
e80b883a47 river-layout: update to v2
This implements the changes to the river-layout protocol proposed
in the previous commit removing river-options.
2021-04-27 00:10:20 +02:00
Isaac Freund
871fc7c8de river-options: remove protocol
This protocol involves far too much accidental complexity. The original
motivating use-case was to provide a convenient way to send arbitrary
data to layout clients at runtime in order to avoid layout clients
needing to implement their own IPC and do this over a side-channel.
Instead of implementing a quite complex but still rigid options protocol
and storing this state in the compositor, instead we will simply add
events to the layout protocol to support this use case.

Consider the status quo event sequence:

1. send get_option_handle request (riverctl)
2. roundtrip waiting for first event (riverctl)
3. send set_foo_value request (riverctl)
4. receive set_foo_value request (river)
5. send foo_value event to all current handles (river)
6. receive foo_value event (rivertile)
7. send parameters_changed request (rivertile)
8. receive parameters_changed request (river)
9. send layout_demand (river)

And compare with the event sequence after the proposed change:

1. send set_foo_value request (riverctl)
2. receive set_foo_value request (river)
3. send set_foo_value event (river)
4. send layout_demand (river)

This requires *much* less back and forth between the server and clients
and is clearly much simpler.
2021-04-27 00:10:20 +02:00
Isaac Freund
d08032d685 river-options: rework, bump to v2
Options are now all global but may be overridden per-output. If an
output local value is requested but none has been set, the global value
is provided instead. This makes for much better ergonomics when
configuring layout related options in particular.
2021-04-20 18:27:03 +02:00
Leon Henrik Plickat
f72656b72e river-layout: create and implement protocol
Replace the current layout mechanism based on passing args to a child
process and parsing it's stdout with a new wayland protocol. This much
more robust and allows for more featureful layout generators.

Co-authored-by: Isaac Freund <ifreund@ifreund.xyz>
2021-04-20 18:27:03 +02:00
Isaac Freund
ba9df86472
command: s/master/main/g (breaking change)
main is a better term to use here for several reasons:

1. It is more accurate: "master" implies that the designated views have
some kind of control over the other views, which is not the case. "main"
better expresses that the difference between the "main" view and others
is one of importance/focus.

2. It is a shorter word. 2 whole characters saved!

3. It reduces the chance of future development time being lost to
good-intentioned people complaining about usage of the word master as
has recently happened with regards to the default git branch name.
2020-12-30 18:15:47 +01:00
Isaac Freund
f80992e329
meta: make copyright headers more maintainable
- list all files as copyright "The River Developers"
- add an AUTHORS file to acknowledge contributors
2020-11-11 20:33:43 +01:00
Isaac Freund
6e23344e06
rivertile: fix underflow if views < masters 2020-06-19 13:53:20 +02:00
Isaac Freund
751760287c
docs: add rivertile man page 2020-06-16 17:06:24 +02:00
Isaac Freund
e2c034b76a
rivertile: create default layout generator 2020-06-16 15:48:50 +02:00