weston/ivi-shell
Daniel Stone 51d995ad82 config-parser: Make get_bool be bool
Wayland innovated a lot of cool things, but non-binary boolean values is
the great advances of our time.

Make config_parser_get_bool() work on boolean values, and switch all its
users.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Stone <daniels@collabora.com>
2019-11-28 19:24:13 +00:00
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README ivi-shell: Add missing sentence point 2018-09-18 11:54:29 +02:00
hmi-controller.c Use weston_compositor_add_destroy_listener_once() in plugins 2019-11-21 16:32:55 +00:00
ivi-layout-export.h Rename plugin-registry.h to libweston/plugin-registry.h 2019-04-18 12:31:46 +03:00
ivi-layout-private.h ivi-layout: use libweston-desktop api is to send configure events everywhere 2019-07-01 15:50:08 +00:00
ivi-layout-shell.h ivi-layout: introduced surface create and configure 2019-02-06 17:45:09 +00:00
ivi-layout-transition.c ivi-layout: use libweston-desktop api is to send configure events everywhere 2019-07-01 15:50:08 +00:00
ivi-layout.c ivi-layout: unmap desktop surfaces in ivi_view_destroy() 2019-07-01 15:51:57 +00:00
ivi-shell.c config-parser: Make get_bool be bool 2019-11-28 19:24:13 +00:00
ivi-shell.h Move libweston-desktop.h 2019-04-18 12:31:46 +03:00
meson.build Link Weston plugins to libexec-weston.so 2019-10-24 13:40:51 +03:00
weston.ini.in ivi-shell: remove input-method section from config 2018-11-05 08:37:07 +00:00

README

	In-vehicle infotainment (information and entertainment)
	graphical environment support modules for Weston


IVI-shell is an alternative shell for Weston, a Wayland display server.
Window management and application interaction with the display server
are very different to that of a normal desktop, which is why this is
a separate shell and not an extension to the desktop-shell suite with
xdg_shell. As such, applications need to be specifically written to use
IVI-shell.

IVI-shell contains two main features:
- Common layout library for surface, which allow ivi-shell developer
  to develop own shell, linking Common layout library.
  For the time being, the library refers Genivi ilm interface.

  https://at.projects.genivi.org/wiki/display/WIE/Wayland+IVI+Extension+Home

- Extension protocol; ivi-application to tie wl_surface and a given ID.
  With this ID, shell can identify which wl_surface is drawn by which
  application. In in-vehicle infortainment system, a shell has to update
  a property of a wl_surface. E.g. there may be a use case when vehicle
  starts to move, the wl_surface drawn by Car navigation is expected to
  move top of surfaces.

The actual software components delivered with Weston are:

- ivi-application.xml:
	Wayland protocol extension for IVI-applications; the public
	shell protocol (the same concept as xdg_shell).
	Implemented by ivi-shell.so.

- ivi-shell.so:
	A Weston shell module that implements ivi-application.xml interfaces.
	Loads ivi-layout.so.

- ivi-layout.so:
	Implements the IVI window management concepts: Screen, Layer,
	Surface, groups of Layers, groups of Surfaces, see:
	https://at.projects.genivi.org/wiki/display/WIE/Summary+of+Layer+manager+APIs
	Offers a stable API for writing IVI-controller modules like
	hmi-controller.so against the IVI concepts. In other words,
	it offers an API to write IVI window manager modules.

- hmi-controller.so:
	A sample implementation of an IVI-controller module, usually
	replaced by IVI system vendors.
	Uses ivi-layout.so to perform essentially window manager tasks.
	This implementation keeps all window management inside the module,
	while IVI-systems may use another module that exposes all window
	management via Wayland or other protocol for an external process
	to control.

- ivi-hmi-controller.xml:
	Wayland protocol extension for IVI display control; the private
	shell protocol for weston-ivi-shell-user-interface client
	(the same concept as desktop-shell.xml).
	Implemented by hmi-controller.so, and usually replaced by IVI
	system vendors.

- weston-ivi-shell-user-interface:
	A sample implementation of an IVI shell helper client, usually
	replaced by IVI system vendors.
	A helper client for basic display content, similar to
	weston-desktop-shell.


How to compile:
same as weston. To disable, use option: --disable-ivi-shell for configure.

How to configure weston.ini:
reference ini file will be generated in <build_dir>/ivi-shell.

How to run:
same as weston. exec weston.

How to use UI:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/attachments/20140625/abbfc064/attachment-0001.png