Xwayback(1)

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version 0.3 · 6 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

✨ Xwayback(1) — General Commands Manual ✨

Okay bestie, let's talk about Xwayback, the manual page for the experimental X11 compatibility layer 🦋 It's giving "tiny shim that makes old X apps work on Wayland" and I'm obsessed.

💖 NAME

Xwayback — experimental X11 compatibility layer 🌸

🎀 SYNOPSIS

Xwayback :display args

🌈 DESCRIPTION

Okay so Xwayback is a stub X server 💅 It uses a wayland compositor to launch Xwayland, so the whole thing is basically a hype-woman that gets the Xwayland party started ✨ ngl that's iconic.

🧚 OPTIONS

Xwayback accepts all flags Xorg(1) accepts 🫶 However, some options are stubs, so don't be shocked if a few of them just sit there looking pretty 💀

Additionally, Xwayback supports the following:

  • -help — shows you the help page 🙈
  • -version, -showconfig — shows you the Xwayback version 💜

🍓 ENVVARS

  • WAYBACK_COMPOSITOR_PATH — where to find wayback-compositor 🔥
  • XWAYLAND_PATH — where to find Xwayland 👑
  • WAYBACK_OUTPUT — the output you want to use 🦋 You can set it as "<Make> <model>" or as the display ID, like "eDP-1" ✨

🌸 LICENSE

It's MIT, bestie 🫶

💅 SEE ALSO

wayback-session(1), Xserver(1), Xorg(1), Xwayland(1) 🔗

Okay that's the whole tea, periodt 💖 Xwayback(1) is from the 2025-12-31 version of the manual, so you're literally up to date ✨ Stay iconic, bestie 🦋💅

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