wlmaker desktop integration

[alexmyczko]

What icon will you make for the wayland-session?

Would this work?
DesktopNames=Wayland Maker

The example clock will also need a desktop file, and icon I guess?

WindowMaker has
https://www.windowmaker.org

Wayland has
https://wayland.freedesktop.org

Will the menu integrate, these?
/usr/share/applications

Looking forward to try this bare metal, and maybe help out here and there...

Having foot as terminal is fun, but it's missing the NeXTSTEP menu,
for comparison GNUstep has 3 styles for their menu system, classical (detachable menus) like in nextstep/openstep/gnustep, another like macOS (top bar), and windwos (per application, on top)

if i had a choice to wish for dockapps it would be:

• wmnd https://www.dockapps.net/category/network
• timemon.app https://www.nongnu.org/gap/timemon/index.html
• wmtunlo and minichess https://www.dockapps.net/category/misc
• something for battery https://www.dockapps.net/category/power
• wmbubble https://www.dockapps.net/category/system
• wmcube https://www.dockapps.net/category/system
• aclock or wmclock/asclock https://www.dockapps.net/category/time
• wmweather+ https://www.dockapps.net/category/weather

[phkaeser]

Lots of good questions, ideas and pointers!

Questions first:

• Icon for wayland-session: Was thinking of a blend of the Wayland "W circle" with the GNUstep steps. Looking for artists & contributors! :)
• Name: "Wayland Maker" is good.
  (Need to adjust https://github.com/phkaeser/wlmaker/blob/main/share/wlmaker.desktop.in).
• Example clock: Adding a desktop file and icon with Adds desktop entry and icon for wlmclock #89. Let me know if that needs updates.

With regards to suggestions:

• Menu integration of /usr/share/applications: That's the goal. Once toolkit support for menus is added (planned for v0.4), it'll only need some plumbing. Created Generate parts of menu from /usr/share/applications #90 to track.
• Terminal: Happy to use a GNUstep alternative, once I find one that's working well with Wayland!
• GNUstep menu options: A client-side solution may be possible with GNUstep libraries and eg. using the wlr layer shell (https://wayland.app/protocols/wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1). Support from the compositor will likely need an extra wayland protocol. Doable, but a lot of work.

Wishlist for DockApps noted :)