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@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ Or on our [Discord server]. dwl is a compact, hackable compositor for [Wayland] based on [wlroots]. It is intended to fill the same space in the Wayland world that dwm does in X11, -primarily in terms of philosophy, and secondarily in terms of functionality. +primarily in terms of functionality, and secondarily in terms of philosophy. Like dwm, dwl is: - Easy to understand, hack on, and extend with patches - One C source file (or a very small number) configurable via `config.h` -- Limited to 2200 SLOC to promote hackability - Tied to as few external dependencies as possible dwl is not meant to provide every feature under the sun. Instead, like dwm, it @@ -34,6 +33,12 @@ given the base on which it is built. Implemented default features are: - Layer shell popups (used by Waybar) - Damage tracking provided by scenegraph API +Given the Wayland architecture, dwl has to implement features from dwm **and** +the xorg-server. Because of this, it is impossible to maintain the original +project goal of 2000 SLOC and have a reasonably complete compositor with +features comparable to dwm. However, this does not mean that the code will grow +indiscriminately. We will try to keep the code as small as possible. + Features under consideration (possibly as patches) are: - Protocols made trivial by wlroots @@ -152,6 +157,7 @@ possible. Many thanks to suckless.org and the dwm developers and community for the inspiration, and to the various contributors to the project, including: +- **Devin J. Pohly for creating and nurturing the fledgling project** - Alexander Courtis for the XWayland implementation - Guido Cella for the layer-shell protocol implementation, patch maintenance, and for helping to keep the project running |