Re: PGTK-related misconceptions

[Phil Sainty]

On 2022-04-20 01:58, Sean Whitton wrote:
> > On 2022-04-19 21:10, Dirk-Jan C. Binnema wrote:
> > > I regularly use both X and Wayland, and having to have two emacsen
> > > (and remember to use the right one) just for that seems sub-optimal.
> >
> > I believe there's something called "X-Wayland" for running X programs
> > under Wayland
>
> It's a compatibility layer, basically, and not a great one.  I was
> having various basic focus and clipboard problems when running Lucid
> Emacs under Xwayland.

Ah, ok.  In that case I guess one really would prefer to install both
builds, if using both Wayland and X at different times.

I imagine one could mostly circumvent the "remember to use the right 
one"
issue by automatically setting PATH based on which system you were using
at that time, so that "emacs" was always going to be the correct emacs.


-Phil