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Runs a secondary XWayland display as fullscreen confined to one specified output. Use `wayland-info` to find information about connected displays, including the display name. Usage: `./xwayland-display.sh eDP-1 1920x1080 <command>`
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| set -euo pipefail | |
| XWAYLAND_DISPLAY=:69 | |
| WAYLAND_OUTPUT="$1" | |
| shift | |
| GEOMETRY="$1" | |
| shift | |
| APP_COMMAND="$@" | |
| echo "Starting XWayland on display '$XWAYLAND_DISPLAY' for output '$WAYLAND_OUTPUT' with geometry '$GEOMETRY'..." | |
| Xwayland "$XWAYLAND_DISPLAY" -fullscreen -geometry "$GEOMETRY" -output "$WAYLAND_OUTPUT" & | |
| XWAYLAND_PID=$! | |
| trap 'echo "Stopping dedicated XWayland (PID: $XWAYLAND_PID)..."; kill "$XWAYLAND_PID"' EXIT | |
| sleep 0.5 | |
| echo "Launching application:" "${@}" | |
| QT_QPA_PLATFORM="xcb" WAYLAND_DISPLAY= DISPLAY="$XWAYLAND_DISPLAY" "${@}" |
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