[PATCH] xdg-shell: remove constraints for fullscreen

[Drew DeVault]

Compositors are free to render surfaces at their discretion. This
change clarifies that for xdg-shell's fullscreen surfaces.
---
This point has been a recurring cause for frustration in Sway
development, as users expect windows beneath transparent fullscreen
windows to be shown. The main use-case for this, for example, is working
in a transparent full-screen terminal while referencing docs in a web
browser underneath. We hit this again for a different reason when
discussing a patch which would allow the user to arrange fullscreen
windows in a manner other than by using the entire screen.

At least one other compositor in the wild (Wayfire) is also not
respecting these constraints. It is my intent to loosen this restriction
and start considering sway patches which change the behavior of
fullscreen in a manner inconsistent with these constraints.

Since it's the compositors privilege to do anything it wants with
client surfaces, this updates the protocol text to reflect that, while
still suggesting the desired behavior.

 stable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell.xml | 18 ++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/stable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell.xml b/stable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell.xml
index 2e420c6..22ff93d 100644
--- a/stable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell.xml
+++ b/stable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell.xml
@@ -926,16 +926,14 @@
 	it's up to the compositor to choose which display will be used to map
 	this surface.
 
-	If the surface doesn't cover the whole output, the compositor will
-	position the surface in the center of the output and compensate with
-	with border fill covering the rest of the output. The content of the
-	border fill is undefined, but should be assumed to be in some way that
-	attempts to blend into the surrounding area (e.g. solid black).
-
-	If the fullscreened surface is not opaque, the compositor must make
-	sure that other screen content not part of the same surface tree (made
-	up of subsurfaces, popups or similarly coupled surfaces) are not
-	visible below the fullscreened surface.
+	The compositor should interpret this as a suggestion that the fullscreened
+	surface should be shown across the entire output, however, the specific
+	position and sizing of the client on-screen is undefined. When the
+	aspect ratio of the fullscreened surface is not equal to the aspect
+	ratio of the space allocated for its display, the compositor should fill
+	the remaining space in with a neutral background (e.g. solid black). If
+	the surface is not opaque, the content (e.g. other surfaces) shown below
+	the fullscreened surface is undefined.
       </description>
       <arg name="output" type="object" interface="wl_output" allow-null="true"/>
     </request>
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