[PATCH weston v3 7/8] Define the screensaver inhibitor client interface

[Pekka Paalanen]

On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 10:31:20 +0300
Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 13:59:36 -0700
> Bryce Harrington <bryce at osg.samsung.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 06:02:09PM +0300, Pekka Paalanen wrote:  
> > > On Thu,  7 Apr 2016 16:44:22 -0700
> > > Bryce Harrington <bryce at osg.samsung.com> wrote:
> > >     
> > > > Hook up the API defined in wayland-protocols to allow client screensaver
> > > > inhibition requests.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Bryce Harrington <bryce at osg.samsung.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > v2: Update for protocol rename
> > > > 
> > > >  Makefile.am          |  9 +++++++--
> > > >  clients/simple-shm.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> > > >  2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)    
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I would really wish we didn't add any more stuff into simple-shm, or
> > > any of the simple-* clients, unless it is essential to them.
> > > 
> > > Something like the subsurfaces demo would be more suitable, that would
> > > allow you to test the inhibi... hmm, wait, no, all subsurfaces there
> > > are still inside the parent. I think you need a new test client that
> > > creates a subsurface outside of the main surface, so you can test the
> > > inhibitor inheritance.    
> > 
> > Given the subsurfaces stuff seems to still be a source of disagreement,
> > and evidently is something I totally am not grokking, I don't want to
> > get into implementing subsurface support.  The typical client won't be
> > using subsurfaces, so a simpler demo would be more relevant for them.
> > For clients that *do* use subsurfaces, well it sounds like they could
> > have quite a diverse range of behavioral needs regarding inhibition, so
> > making a good subsurface demo sounds like it could get rather involved.  
> 
> Right.
> 
> > I do understand your point about wanting to avoid shoehorning more
> > features into the simple-* clients; they're already kind of a hodge
> > podge.  So I'll look at creating a new client like simple-shm that is
> > boiled down to just showing off the inhibit feature with a single top
> > level surface.  
> 
> Cool.
> 
> I do not think they are that hodge-podge. If you want, I can list and
> justify all features in each of them, I believe.

Oh, how about adding an inhibitor option to clients/presentation-shm.c?

That's a animated demo for presentation and I think idle-inhibitor
would fit well in the scope. It also does not seem to use toytoolkit, so
you don't have to deal with that.


Thanks,
pq
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