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The only use I've ever had for XEyes is, ironically, under Wayland. I use it to see quickly which apps are running natively as Wayland apps, and which are using
by messe 6y ago
The only use I've ever had for XEyes is, ironically, under Wayland. I use it to see quickly which apps are running natively as Wayland apps, and which are using XWayland. The eyes don't follow the mouse when you hover over a native Wayland app, but they do for XWayland apps.
- hibbelig 6y agoThere is a configuration option for Sway that will put information into the title bar to tell you if the window is XWayland or pure Wayland. But I forgot the exact option. It was mentioned in the Sway documentation.
- messe 6y agoIt's actually been a while since I've used Wayland, but that's good to know. My current mix of OSes is OpenBSD (cwm on X11) for coding, iPadOS for casual consumption and note-taking, FreeBSD on a home server, macOS for work, and Windows/Nintendo Switch for gaming.
- chungus_khan 6y agoI figured out a similar sort of thing using xprop actually, but that's way funnier.