Need X-kill replacement.
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Plasma and Hyprland already have one
Hm, I think that's what Ctrl + Meta + Esc* does for me on KDE? Unless there's more to x-kill than just killing windows/processes with a mouse click.
Edit: Originally said Ctrl + Esc, shame on my poor memory
TIL about Ctrl-Esc. I've been using Debian/KDE for years and only now find this out... sheesh.
Sorry, Ctrl + Win (or relevant OS button) + Esc, but yeah it's been pretty useful in a pinch
You can use Meta or Super as a more agnostic term
I thought "Meta" was AltGr and Super is the "windows key".
I never heard of AltGr reffered to as "Meta", except maybe in the sense of "Emacs modifier" which might be bound to it. Super is definitely the key between LCTL and LALT though
There is actually less to ’xkill’. It nukes the X window from orbit in a very violent manner. The owning process(-tree) will usually just instantly curl up and die.
The main benefit is that it doesn’t actually kill the process, it only nukes the window. As such, you can get rid of windows belonging to otherwise unkillable processes (zombies, etc).
Also, it’s fun. Just don’t miss the window and accidentally kill your WM. (Beat that Wayland)
god i wish. half of my X11 apps don't work, some that used to keep breaking out of nowhere.
Steam works through the XWayland compatibility layer
unless you use an environment that doesn't support XWayland, like niri. xwayland-satellite used to be the easier route in that case but that seems to be broken now.
edit: wow i always thought people were being obtuse when complaining about "wAyLaNd sHiLLs" in their replies when criticizing Wayland. but now i'm not so sure.
What issues do half of your X11 apps? Ive never had an issue with an X11 app running through Xwayland, although I also dont have many X11 apps left.
mostly windows going blank or straight up refusing to show
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In this current state it's currently only in a few des (kde and gnome and lxqt has it stable) and windows manager(wayfire and Sway and qtile has it stable) but maybe in the future it will be most des
At leasr it just works with tailsOS