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diff --git a/wiki/Xwayland.md b/wiki/Xwayland.md index 487a882c..1bc6b9ca 100644 --- a/wiki/Xwayland.md +++ b/wiki/Xwayland.md @@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ It makes X11 windows appear as normal windows, just like a native Xwayland integ xwayland-satellite works well with most applications: Steam, games, Discord, even more exotic things like Ardour with wine Windows VST plugins. However, X11 apps that want to position windows or bars at specific screen coordinates won't behave correctly. +> [!NOTE] +> In the next release, niri will have [built-in xwayland-satellite integration](./Configuration:-Miscellaneous.md#xwayland-satellite). +> You can try it by installing git versions of both niri and xwayland-satellite. +> With no further configuration, niri will create X11 sockets, then when an X11 client connects, automatically start xwayland-satellite. +> +> This matches how other compositors run Xwayland (but in niri's case, it's xwayland-satellite rather than Xwayland itself). +> It also makes X11 apps work fine in `spawn-at-startup` and in XDG autostart. + Install it from your package manager, or build it according to instructions from its README, then run the `xwayland-satellite` binary. Look for a log message like: `Connected to Xwayland on :0`. Now you can start X11 applications on this X11 DISPLAY: |