Pro@programming.dev to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 6 months agoActually, what is a Freedesktop Portal?thelibre.newsexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down11
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minus-squareCaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.inlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·6 months agoIt’s important to note that not all portals are implemented on all desktop environments. You can see this as a reference table: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Desktop_Portal#List_of_backends_and_interfaces
minus-squareLeFantome@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoYou also use the portal helper from another DE though. For example, the Niri Wayland compositor, written in Rust with Smithay, uses xdg-desktop-portal-gnome (which I imagine is written in C).
It’s important to note that not all portals are implemented on all desktop environments. You can see this as a reference table: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Desktop_Portal#List_of_backends_and_interfaces
You also use the portal helper from another DE though.
For example, the Niri Wayland compositor, written in Rust with Smithay, uses xdg-desktop-portal-gnome (which I imagine is written in C).