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Add wayland compositor support matrix for panel kitten

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.. versionadded:: 0.34.0
Support for Wayland (all compositors supporting the `wlr layer shell protocol <https://wayland.app/protocols/wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1#compositor-support>`__ which is almost all of them, except GNOME)
Support for Wayland. See :ref:`below <panel_wayland_status>` for which
Wayland compositors work.
.. note::
@@ -125,3 +126,45 @@ This creates the panel window and runs the ``my-panel.py`` script inside it
using the Python interpreter that comes bundled with kitty. Unfortunately the
actual script is not public, but there are :ref:`public projects implementing
general purpose panels using kitty <panel_projects>`.
.. _panel_wayland_status:
Wayland compositor status
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Below is a list of the status of various Wayland compositors. The panel kitten
relies of the `wlr layer shell protocol
<https://wayland.app/protocols/wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1#compositor-support>`__,
which is technically supported by almost all Wayland compositors, but the
implementation in several of them is quite buggy.
**Hyprland** 🟢
Fully working, no known issues
**KDE** (kwin) 🟢
Fully working, no known issues
**Sway** 🟠
Partially working. Issues include:
* Renders its configured background over the background window instead of
under it. This is likely because it uses the wlr protocol for
backgrounds itself.
* Hiding a dock panel (unmapping the window) does not release the space
used by the dock.
GNOME (mutter) 🔴
Does not implement the wlr protocol at all, nothing works.
niri 🟠
Breaks when hiding (unmapping) layer shell windows. This means the quick
access terminal is non-functional, but background and dock panels work.
More technically, keyboard focus gets stuck in the hidden window and when trying
to remap the hidden window niri never sends configure events for the remapped surface.
labwc 🟠
Breaks when hiding (unmapping) layer shell windows. This means the quick
access terminal is non-functional, but background and dock panels work.
More technically, when unmapping the surface (attaching a NULL buffer to
it) labwc continues to send configure events to the unmapped surface,
leading to Wayland protocol errors and a crash of labwc.

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.. include:: ../quake-screenshots.rst
.. versionadded:: 0.42.0
Works on macOS and Wayland, except for GNOME.
Works on macOS and Wayland, see :ref:`here for Wayland compositor support
status <panel_wayland_status>`.
This kitten can be used to make a quick access terminal, that appears and
disappears at a key press. To do so use the following command: