[PATCH v5 xdg-shell-unstable-v6] xdg-shell: Add min/max size requests
Olivier Fourdan
ofourdan at redhat.com
Tue Apr 12 15:17:34 UTC 2016
> > > Good point. Setting an invalid state should probably result in a
> > > protocol error.
> >
> > No this cannot be a protocol error because that makes it difficult to
> > change the size range to a new one that does not intersect the old one.
> >
> > Perhaps having the commit of an invalid state be a protocol error is ok.
>
> We'd reach an invalid state only once it's applied, ie after the commit.
>
> So the client can (and must) set a Min <= Max before the commit, otherwise
> it's an invalid state that will lead to a protocol error.
>
> That's what I've tried to specify in v6:
>
> Values set in this way are double-buffered. They will get applied
> on the next commit.
>
> [...]
>
> Requesting a minimum size to be larger than the maximum size of
> a surface is illegal and will result in a protocol error.
But that raise another point, what if the client itself specifies a geometry (using set_window_geometry) outside of the min/max?
I reckon that would be a protocol error as well. if so, I guess it means I have to update the descriptions of set_window_geometry accordingly.
Cheers,
Olivier
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