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On 26/06/2026 03:01, rbowman wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:32:37 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D?Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:01:58 GMT, Scott Alfter wrote:
>>
>>> KiCad has fairly comprehensive symbol and footprint libraries.
>>
>> They are the ones still insisting they want application-level control
>> over window layout, aren?t they. Which is why they hate Wayland, and are
>> resisting the move to it kicking and screaming.
>
>
https://x.com/LundukeJournal/status/2070211673177399545
>
> More about xfwl4:
>
>
https://alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_15.html
>
> I worked with X11/Motif for years. Were I still doing so I would hate
> Wayland too. Sooner or later you would have to reach far down into the
> stack to do the sort of thing the Wayland developers consider bad, bad,
> bad.
>
> I wish Tarricone all the best for his Rust project.
I think there is a lot of `I want do it this way and Wayland cant`
Without the concomitant `why on earth are you doing it that way?` and
`because that`s the only way you can in X windows`.
I have an oil fired range stove and oven.
If I want to reduce the heat on a saucepan I prop it up on three pennies
arranged in a triangle.
Imagine doing that on an induction hob...
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