GNU bug report logs - #57781
missing wallpaper command

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Message #28 received at 57781 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Felix <felix.dick <at> web.de>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 57781 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
Subject: Re: bug#57781: missing wallpaper command
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 00:51:39 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name> writes:
>
>>> To test for Wayland, it only checks if $WAYLAND_DISPLAY is set.
>>> We could do something more fancy if needed, possibly involving
>>> loginctl.
>>
>> Since it's protocol-dependent, I don't know if it will work on anything
>> other than wlroots-based compositors.  Before relying solely on
>> WAYLAND_DISPLAY, perhaps we should also check it works with GNOME?
>
> I need help here, as I don't have access to Wayland.
>
> Would you be willing to help test it, and/or make concrete suggestions
> for how to do better?  I'd ideally need someone to tell me which
> environment variables or commands to run, and which values to expect,
> but any information you could provide would help.

I'm switching back and forth from Xorg to wayland and I'm
tinkering with different desktops/WMs anyways.
I would be happy to help!
I will try wallpaper.el with gnome tomorrow.
If there are any things you want me
to test, just let me know.

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