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@nikitonsky On Linux, I don't think any compositor exposes all the APIs that you'd need for this (specifically, capturing background toplevel surfaces). I'm sure that something like this would be really fun to develop, but it's only really of any use on a stacking window manager.

14 July at 10:47 | Wall-to-wall | Open on fosstodon.org
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halva is

@whynothugo @nikitonsky probably possible on X11 tho if you're willing to fight that junk

14 July at 11:06 | Open on wetdry.world
Vftdan
hkc (carbonated 𡿢喾鹄啡鹳𒅭) :nk:

@halva @whynothugo @nikitonsky yup, it is possible, but kinda fucky. I tried it with mediocre results and I really wish there was just a ready-to-use app that could do just that.

cc @vftdan

14 July at 16:59 | Open on pl.salushnes.solutions
Lea (headpat dispenser)

@whynothugo@fosstodon.org @nikitonsky@mastodon.online "wayland is so much more secure" mfs on their way to make it impossible to have cool things ​:neocat_sad:​

14 July at 13:23 | Open on lea.pet
void *anna;
@whynothugo @nikitonsky this should be doable once ext-screencopy-v1 lands.

you can use ext-foreign-toplevel-list to iterate and get foreign handles to all the toplevels, then screencopy a frame from each, and composite the final result (for simplicity, one could even dump that into a gimp .xcf file and let it do the editing layering, or, yknow, implement an image editor too)

i do agree it's usage is limited on tiling window managers, at most you can compose things across workspaces more easily, but not much benefit beyond that
@whynothugo @nikitonsky this should be doable once ext-screencopy-v1 lands.

you can use ext-foreign-toplevel-list to iterate and get foreign handles to all the toplevels, then screencopy a frame from each, and composite the final result (for simplicity, one could even dump that into a gimp .xcf file and let it do the editing layering, or, yknow, implement an image editor too)
14 July at 13:37 | Open on social.vlhl.dev
A myriad of Qyriad

@whynothugo @nikitonsky for Plasma you might be able to use a KWin plugin

14 July at 20:47 | Open on chaos.social
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