From b6cb60ba79f89fadc7d3ded3839709ba1120451f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marius Vlad Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:47:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] man: Update weston man page and ini page This follows-up with README.md file. Brought in two paragraphs into man page from README.md. Signed-off-by: Marius Vlad --- man/weston.ini.man | 4 ++-- man/weston.man | 25 +++++++++++++++++-------- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/weston.ini.man b/man/weston.ini.man index 883137fb6..0c992226e 100644 --- a/man/weston.ini.man +++ b/man/weston.ini.man @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ .\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere. .ds q \N'34' -.TH weston.ini 5 "2025-07-29" "Weston @version@" +.TH weston.ini 5 "2026-01-30" "Weston @version@" .\"--------------------------------------------------------------------- .SH NAME weston.ini \- configuration file for .B Weston -\- the reference Wayland +\- Wayland compositor .\"--------------------------------------------------------------------- .SH INTRODUCTION diff --git a/man/weston.man b/man/weston.man index 5b7052bf9..5623a1257 100644 --- a/man/weston.man +++ b/man/weston.man @@ -1,21 +1,30 @@ -.TH WESTON 1 "2019-03-23" "Weston @version@" +.TH WESTON 1 "2026-01-30" "Weston @version@" .SH NAME -weston \- the reference Wayland server +weston \- Wayland compositor .SH SYNOPSIS .B weston . .\" *************************************************************** .SH DESCRIPTION .B weston -is the reference implementation of a Wayland server. A Wayland server is a -display server, a window manager, and a compositor all in one. Weston has -several backends as loadable modules: it can run on Linux KMS (kernel -modesetting via DRM), as an X client, or inside another Wayland server +is a Wayland compositor designed for correctness, reliability, predictability, +and performance. +A Wayland server is a display server, a window manager, and a compositor all in +one. Weston has several backends as loadable modules: it can run on Linux KMS +(kernel modesetting via DRM), as an X client, or inside another Wayland server instance. +Out of the box, Weston provides a very basic desktop, or a full-featured +environment for non-desktop uses such as automotive, embedded, in-flight, +industrial, kiosks, set-top boxes and TVs. + Weston supports fundamentally different graphical user interface paradigms via -shell plugins. Two plugins are provided: the desktop shell, and the kiosk -shell. +shell plugins. Three plugins are provided: the desktop shell, and the kiosk +shell and the lua shell. + +It also provides a library called [libweston](#libweston) which allows +users to build their own custom full-featured environments on top of +Weston's core. Weston also supports X clients via .BR Xwayland ", see below."