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> Redshift -> Gammastep

I use a widget that I can scroll my mouse to change the color, does it have it? It doesn't look like it does.

>Hot keys are handled by the compositor.

Yes I know, I don't like it, I have hotkeys setup in a way that I like, and I don't want to redo it all, I even tried.

>Global ones especially. (Apps stealing keystrokes? Sounds like an anti feature)

Framing app hotkeys as theft of my input is like saying that my window I am tying in is stealing my keystrokes. If you consider breaking userspace as an benefit, I am confused. It is an optional feature I turned on myself, and you call it keystroke theft, when it was ME that enabled it. Linus Torvald's one rule is that userspace should never be broken. This breaks userspace.

> It’s fundamentally difficult or impossible to fix.

Or its not broken.

>The wayland authors (who are former X11 devs) talked about this extensively.

They are still improving it like btrfs, but I would rather stick to something that just works, and so far it has more problems, anti features, needs configuration to be functional, and for what benefit? No battery benefits, no extra functionality in fact less features, breaks workflow, and smoother animations. I also forgot to mention it breaks some of my terminal emulators, every time I try it I have a horrible experience, it breaks things that matter to me, and still does for most people.

Even if its "good enough" it will take a long time for more application support, unless I hate myself and resign myself to no configuration GNOME.



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