Use-case when positioning a window is necessary

[Igor Korot]

Hi,

On Mon, Aug 8, 2022, 8:38 AM Benoît Gschwind <gschwind at gnu-log.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> After a quick reading of your DevHelp case, I think the issue belong
> devhelp and your app that using it. DevHelp have to provide an API to
> be embeded in another application and Wayland protocol should not be
> involved. Maybe d-bus can be used as pipe between DevHelp and others
> applications.
>

Problem is - DevHelp is like a plug-in- it can be used with a thousands of
applications, not just a specific one. And DevHelp don't have control over
them.

So you reading comprehension is too fast. :-)

Thank you


> Best Regards
>
> Le lundi 08 août 2022 à 14:12 +0200, Sébastien Wilmet a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've seen the discussion this month about positioning windows.
> >
> > The use-case is something concrete: the Devhelp [1] assistant window.
> >
> > For some background, Devhelp (and libdevhelp) is implemented
> > flexibly:
> > it can be used as a standalone app, it can be integrated into GTK
> > IDEs,
> > the standalone app can be called to search or open a symbol.
> >
> > And there is the Devhelp assistant window: it is typically used by a
> > text editor, to ask Devhelp to show a small window with the
> > documentation for the symbol under the cursor.
> >
> > And that is where positioning is necessary: to not occlude the line
> > of
> > text where the cursor is, and to show the documentation at a sensible
> > place (near the cursor position).
> >
> > With Wayland, this should be implemented with a subsurface. I may be
> > wrong, but in this case it's not possible, because it's not the same
> > app (the same process).
> >
> > (For example you open a terminal, then open Vim, then you press a key
> > and it opens the Devhelp assistant window).
> >
> > So, what would be your suggestion in such a use-case? To still retain
> > the flexibility of Devhelp.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sébastien
> >
> > [1] https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Devhelp (an API browser)
>
>
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