Add Wayland and X11 page #11675
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| One of the important components of any operating system is its display server. | ||
| Windows and Mac only provide one option, Linux however has two, X11 and Wayland. |
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| Windows and Mac only provide one option, Linux however has two, X11 and Wayland. | |
| Windows and macOS only provide one option, Linux however has two, X11 and Wayland. |
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| using Wayland thanks to a compatibility layer known as Xwayland. | ||
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| Godot's support is still a work in progress, so for now X11 remains the default | ||
| setting for game projects, however that will likely change in a future version. |
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| setting for game projects, however that will likely change in a future version. | |
| setting for game projects, that will likely change in a future version. |
Too many "however"s
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| If you're an engine developer that wants to help improve support, or if you think |
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| If you're an engine developer that wants to help improve support, or if you think | |
| If you're an engine developer who wants to help improve support, or if you think |
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| If you're an engine developer that wants to help improve support, or if you think | ||
| xWayland might be causing visual glitches in your exported project for whatever |
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Is it "xWayland" or "Xwayland"? You use both
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| To change your display server to Wayland click on :menu:`Project > project settings`, | ||
| from here, go to :button:`Display Server` And change the :button:`driver.linuxbsd` |
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| from here, go to :button:`Display Server` And change the :button:`driver.linuxbsd` | |
| from here, go to :button:`Display Server` and change the :button:`driver.linuxbsd` |
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| Libdecor loading on Wayland has some quirks and it may be useful to disable it | ||
| depending on your situation. To do that you need to set the ``GODOT_WAYLAND_DISABLE_LIBDECOR`` |
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| depending on your situation. To do that you need to set the ``GODOT_WAYLAND_DISABLE_LIBDECOR`` | |
| depending on your situation. To do so you need to set the ``GODOT_WAYLAND_DISABLE_LIBDECOR`` |
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Adds a Linux subsection to the platform-specific section, and adds a Wayland and X11 page. This is part of the 4.x milestone because it includes information on the libdecor environment variable which is a 4.6 variable. Draft until I can figure out how to set the variable in code.