X11 and Wayland: A tale of two implementations Implementing the hikari window manager/compositor
Channel: FOSDEM
Date: 2020-11-10

by raichoo

At: FOSDEM 2020
https://video.fosdem.org/2020/AW1.121/porting_wayland.webm

In this talk I will outline my journey implementing my X11 window manager
❮code❯hikari❮/code❯ and the corresponding Wayland compositor shortly after. ❮code❯hikari❮/code❯ is a
stacking window manager/compositor with some tiling capabilities. It is still
more or less work in progress and currently targets FreeBSD only but will be
ported to Linux and other operating systems supporting Wayland once it has
reached some degree of stability and feature completeness.
This talk covers:


❮ul❯
❮li❯a brief explanation regarding differences between X and Wayland❮/li❯
❮li❯some of ❮code❯hikari❮/code❯'s design goals and motivation❮/li❯
❮li❯choice of programming language❮/li❯
❮li❯an overview of libraries that were used❮/li❯
❮li❯tools for ensuring code quality and robustness❮/li❯
❮li❯obstacles❮/li❯
❮li❯resources that helped me to implement the whole thing❮/li❯
❮/ul❯


Room: AW1.121
Scheduled start: 2020-02-02 14:25:00