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doc, man: document PipeWire backend 

Add documentation for the PipeWire backend.

Co-authored-by: Michael Tretter <m.tretter@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Philipp Zabel <philipp.zabel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Tretter <m.tretter@pengutronix.de>
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Philipp Zabel 2021-07-31 19:53:01 +02:00 committed by Daniel Stone
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doc/sphinx/toc/running-weston.rst
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@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Available back-ends:
* **x11** -- run as a x11 application, nested in a X11 display server instance
* **rdp** -- run as an RDP server without local input or output
* **headless** -- run without input or output, useful for test suite
* **pipewire** -- run without input, output into a PipeWire node
The job of gathering all the surfaces (windows) being displayed on an output and
stitching them together is performed by a *renderer*. By doing so, it is

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man/weston.ini.man
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@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ overrides defaults backend. Available backends are:
.BR drm
.BR headless
.BR rdp
.BR pipewire
.BR vnc
.BR wayland
.BR x11

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@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ to the desktop is done by using the RFB protocol. Currently only one
connecting client is supported. See
.BR weston-vnc (7),
if installed.
.TP
.I pipewire
The PipeWire backend runs in memory without the need of graphical hardware and
creates a PipeWire node for each output. It can be used to capture Weston
outputs for processing with another application.
.
.\" ***************************************************************
.SH SHELLS