Implement XDG session management wayland protocol (!3825) · Merge requests · GNOME / mutter · GitLab
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Implement the XDG session management protocol, in order to allow clients to ask the compositor to save window state for them. This works via creating a xdg_session_v1 object...
      • poinck@lemm.ee
        4·
        2 months ago

        Does it also restore the content of unsaved files of the application? If not, I’ll prefer systemctl hibernate. I wonder, what this new feature is for. Gnome had it in the past, MacOS has it, but I don’t see what the use case is.

        • SteveTech@programming.devEnglish
          5·
          2 months ago

          Does it also restore the content of unsaved files of the application?

          That’s up to the application.

          If not, I’ll prefer systemctl hibernate. I wonder, what this new feature is for.

          I believe this is for storing the position of specific windows, for multi-window applications (e.g. GIMP’s multi-window mode). So hibernation is very unrelated.

          • poinck@lemm.ee
            2·
            2 months ago

            I see, I thought is was meant for restoring programs after login. Thx, for the clarification.

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Gnome like to get things perfect before they make it default. It’s what makes Gnome pretty stable, even if it does mean power users have to type in a command to expose the setting in the meantime.

      The wait can be frustrating though.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      710·
      2 months ago

      I respect the gnome team for not wanting to create instability or confusion. KDE could learn a thing or two

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          How so? There are lots of valid complains about gnome but stability is not one of them. They are very careful about the stuff they ship by default.

          • GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
            2·
            2 months ago

            Stability for the end user is very good (probably even one of the best and definitely many times better than KDE) but stability for developers is not good because things often change or get deprecated which breaks the apps and the extensions they make.