Sway: Revision history

9 October 2025

• curprev 19:3919:39, 9 October 2025‎ John3-16 talk contribs‎ 40,082 bytes +21,181‎ 1. Added 'Quickstart - config File'; 2. grammar amended.

7 October 2025

• curprev 18:0118:01, 7 October 2025‎ John3-16 talk contribs‎ 18,901 bytes −122‎ Provided different alternatives for setting XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP, as use of xdg-desktop-portal requires more detailing.
• curprev 16:0316:03, 7 October 2025‎ John3-16 talk contribs‎ 19,023 bytes +18‎ 1. 'Starting Sway' section moved after 'Configuration'; 2. Amended dbus-update-activation-environment variables as per upstream wiki - github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki#systemd-and-dbus-activation-environments ; 3. Added XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP management
• curprev 15:5915:59, 7 October 2025‎ John3-16 talk contribs‎ 19,005 bytes +1,025‎ 1. 'Starting Sway' section moved after 'Configuration'; 2. Amended dbus-update-activation-environment variables as per upstream wiki - github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki#systemd-and-dbus-activation-environments ; 3. Added XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP management

24 August 2025

• curprev 01:4001:40, 24 August 2025‎ John3-16 talk contribs‎ 17,980 bytes +1,762‎ 1.Added sample setup-desktop,dbus-run-session clis; 2.Added ext links DejaVu,Unicode,wlr-screencopy;int links PipeWire, user services; DBus link x1 only; 3.New tty1 block usefulness; 4.zzz now in community [since Alpine 3.18], not testing; 5.Added scaling subheadings; 6.Todo: update Nvidia passage; 7.Style amendments inc. title sentence headings (Help:Style); references to Sway compositor or desktop capitalised: cf. 'Output scaling for high resolution displays', etc; 8. sway_error line corrected

18 August 2025

• curprev 07:4907:49, 18 August 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ m 16,218 bytes +13‎ moved line to its original location as this is more related to sway config file instead of wrapper script

29 May 2025

• curprev 05:5105:51, 29 May 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ 16,205 bytes +108‎ added note to mako
• curprev 05:0205:02, 29 May 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ 16,097 bytes +187‎ added reference to user service in OpenRC

25 May 2025

• curprev 15:2515:25, 25 May 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ 15,910 bytes −71‎ removed Category:Desktop as per Help_talk:Style

24 May 2025

• curprev 13:3413:34, 24 May 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ m 15,981 bytes −9‎ fixed typo

23 May 2025

• curprev 16:2216:22, 23 May 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ 15,990 bytes +188‎ added Tip
• curprev 06:0706:07, 23 May 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ m 15,802 bytes −12‎ rephrased sentence
• curprev 06:0206:02, 23 May 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ 15,814 bytes +174‎ clarified on the limitations of setup-desktop for sway

11 April 2025

• curprev 03:3703:37, 11 April 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ 15,640 bytes −93‎ removed the LIBSEAT_BACKEND variable

17 March 2025

• curprev 07:4207:42, 17 March 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ m 15,733 bytes +46‎ edited the link to display all packages
• curprev 07:3907:39, 17 March 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ 15,687 bytes −3‎ fixed missing wiki link,typo, moved Flatpak section to Configuration

16 March 2025

• curprev 21:2621:26, 16 March 2025‎ WhyNotHugo talk contribs‎ 15,690 bytes −79‎ →‎Brightness control: grammar
• curprev 17:1217:12, 16 March 2025‎ WhyNotHugo talk contribs‎ 15,769 bytes −61‎ →‎Pre-requisites: reword
• curprev 17:0617:06, 16 March 2025‎ WhyNotHugo talk contribs‎ 15,830 bytes +105‎ link to setup-desktop as the simple mode
• curprev 17:0417:04, 16 March 2025‎ WhyNotHugo talk contribs‎ 15,725 bytes +2‎ →‎Pre-requisites: shorten prose
• curprev 17:0417:04, 16 March 2025‎ WhyNotHugo talk contribs‎ 15,723 bytes −34‎ seat managers are a prerequisite
• curprev 16:5416:54, 16 March 2025‎ WhyNotHugo talk contribs‎ 15,757 bytes −136‎ →‎Install Graphics Drivers: remove duplicate step
• curprev 16:5316:53, 16 March 2025‎ WhyNotHugo talk contribs‎ 15,893 bytes −36‎ link to existing eudev page
• curprev 16:5216:52, 16 March 2025‎ WhyNotHugo talk contribs‎ 15,929 bytes +243‎ →‎Pre-requisites: summarise all pre-requisites in one place
• curprev 16:4916:49, 16 March 2025‎ WhyNotHugo talk contribs‎ 15,686 bytes −17‎ →‎Pre-requisites: resolve transitive reference
• curprev 16:4116:41, 16 March 2025‎ WhyNotHugo talk contribs‎ 15,703 bytes +1‎ →‎Use Wrapper script to launch sway
• curprev 16:4116:41, 16 March 2025‎ WhyNotHugo talk contribs‎ 15,702 bytes −105‎ →‎Automatically launch sway on tty1: this same script works fine with seatd
• curprev 16:3616:36, 16 March 2025‎ WhyNotHugo talk contribs‎ 15,807 bytes −24‎ →‎Setup up a seat manager
• curprev 16:3316:33, 16 March 2025‎ WhyNotHugo talk contribs‎ 15,831 bytes −127‎ →‎Manual Installation: remove duplicate instruction: this is already covered above in setup-desktop
• curprev 16:3216:32, 16 March 2025‎ WhyNotHugo talk contribs‎ 15,958 bytes +69‎ don't include other pages inline, just link to them
• curprev 16:2216:22, 16 March 2025‎ WhyNotHugo talk contribs‎ 15,889 bytes −44‎ →‎Automatically launch sway on tty1: elogind is not required for this
• curprev 16:2116:21, 16 March 2025‎ WhyNotHugo talk contribs‎ 15,933 bytes +42‎ →‎Manually launch sway

15 March 2025

• curprev 15:2415:24, 15 March 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ m 15,891 bytes −50‎ rephrased sentence
• curprev 15:1915:19, 15 March 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ 15,941 bytes +860‎ added error messages to troubleshooting section
• curprev 14:2114:21, 15 March 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ 15,081 bytes +148‎ simplified the script to launch sway on tty1 by removing references to $XDG_VTNR

25 February 2025

• curprev 05:3805:38, 25 February 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ 14,933 bytes +20‎ rephrased sentence and added zzz
• curprev 05:3605:36, 25 February 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ 14,913 bytes −194‎ rephrased sentence fixed wikitag
• curprev 05:0505:05, 25 February 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ 15,107 bytes +345‎ added Todo note

24 February 2025

• curprev 04:4504:45, 24 February 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ 14,762 bytes +334‎ added note about wayland-pipewire-idle-inhibit and reorganised section to make navigation easier

29 January 2025

• curprev 12:3812:38, 29 January 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ m 14,428 bytes +55‎ added note about testing repository

28 January 2025

• curprev 04:1304:13, 28 January 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ m 14,373 bytes +66‎ moved the powerctl line as a Tip, as the previous sentence was a bit unintuitive

14 January 2025

• curprev 12:4412:44, 14 January 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ 14,307 bytes +164‎ added heading for sway config file
• curprev 12:2812:28, 14 January 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ 14,143 bytes +128‎ added headings
• curprev 10:1310:13, 14 January 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ m 14,015 bytes +66‎ reworded for added clarity
• curprev 10:0610:06, 14 January 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ 13,949 bytes +300‎ added autolaunch script to launch sway in tty1
• curprev 09:4809:48, 14 January 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ m 13,649 bytes −28‎ fixed the line to add clarity

9 January 2025

• curprev 03:5003:50, 9 January 2025‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ m 13,677 bytes −92‎ replaced eudev section by transcluded page

21 December 2024

• curprev 07:3307:33, 21 December 2024‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ m 13,769 bytes +10‎ added #!/bin/sh
• curprev 07:3007:30, 21 December 2024‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ m 13,759 bytes +93‎ added LIBSEAT_BACKEND environment variable for seatd
• curprev 06:3806:38, 21 December 2024‎ Prabuanand talk contribs‎ 13,666 bytes −325‎ Rewrote content related to starting sway, seat manager and excluded transclusion of graphics driver