R devel - Oct 2023 - Wayland Display Support in R Plot

Hi

I am unaware of any Wayland display support.

One useful way forward would be an R package that provides such a device 
(along the lines of 'Cairo', 'tikzDevice', et al)

Paul

On 27/10/23 23:16, quentin.thorne via R-devel wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm interested in understanding the current state of Wayland display 
> support in R plot, and I was wondering if any progress or discussions 
> have taken place regarding this matter.
> 
> As Wayland continues to gain popularity as a display protocol on modern 
> Linux systems, having Wayland support for R's plotting capabilities 
> would be a significant enhancement.
> 
> Could anyone provide information on the current status of Wayland 
> support in R plot? Are there any ongoing efforts, discussions, or 
> packages in development that address this issue? I would appreciate any 
> insights or guidance in this regard.
> 
> Thank you for your time and assistance.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Quentin Thorne
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On 30 October 2023 at 07:54, Paul Murrell wrote:
| I am unaware of any Wayland display support.
| 
| One useful way forward would be an R package that provides such a device 
| (along the lines of 'Cairo', 'tikzDevice', et al)

As I understand it, it is a protocol, and not a device.

Several Linux distributions have long defaulted to it, so we already should
have thousands of users. While 'not X11' it provides a compatibility
layer
and should be seamless.

I think I needed to fall back to X11 for a particular applications (likely
OBS) so my session tells me (under Settings -> About -> Windowing System)
I
am still running X11. I'll check again once I upgrade from Ubuntu 23.04 to
Ubuntu 23.10

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_(protocol) for more.

Dirk

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