From 3901db4d62a8169829bfc32e0b519fc72b34f4b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: theofficialgman <28281419+theofficialgman@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:07:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] api: add documentation and reasoning for using xwayland on
 wayland for gtk windows

---
 api | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/api b/api
index 652a021f9a..6c9bae93b6 100755
--- a/api
+++ b/api
@@ -3206,7 +3206,9 @@ else
   error "Failed to detect OS CPU architecture! Something is very wrong."
 fi
 
-#Make dual-pane yad windows work correctly on wayland
+#Make dual-pane yad windows work correctly on wayland by using xwayland
+#We need support for setting window position for dual-pane yad windows to be supported via a wayland protocol, implemented in compositors, and supported in gtk
+#Relevant draft PRs for the wayland protocol https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/247 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/249
 export GDK_BACKEND=x11
 
 # add upstream and original lsb-release info for all scripts to use