diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index aa14b2e..3f0e279 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -16,10 +16,8 @@ Linux-libre and Librem-related packages: Purism EC firmware images on certain Librem laptops.v Other Packages: - - **dev-python/ecp**: Python implementation of Emacs RPC stack. Depends - on `orjson` or `orjson-bin` from the GURU (or another) overlay. - - **www-plugins/firefox-pwa-connector**: The native host connector for - the [PWAs for Firefox][ff-pwas] project. + - **x11-misc/input-leap**: Updated ebuild of input-leap + (Barrier/Synergy virtual KVM switch fork) that supports libei. ## How to Add This Repository @@ -59,6 +57,20 @@ current stable gentoo-kernel for amd64. This overlay contains packages for Purism's Librem computers, focusing mostly on the Librem 14. +## Input Leap + +*See [docs/Input-Leap.md](docs/Input-Leap.md)* + +This overlay contains a working, updated ebuild for Input Leap, a fork +of Barrier (itself a fork of Synergy), which is a "virtual KVM switch", +allowing you to share a keyboard and mouse between several computers +over the network. + +The most important things about Input Leap: + + - It is Maintained. + - It supports Wayland. + ## Other Packages *More documentation coming soon.* diff --git a/docs/Input-Leap.md b/docs/Input-Leap.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf9425d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/Input-Leap.md @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +# Input Leap + +This overlay has a working, updated version of Input Leap, a fork of +Barrier (itself a fork of Synergy), which is a "virtual KVM switch", +allowing you to share a keyboard and mouse between several computers +over the network. + +The most important things about Input Leap: + - Maintained. + - Supports Wayland. + +## Project Status + +Input Leap is technically alpha quality, because it does not yet have a +stable release. Thus, the ebuild is a `9999` version ebuild. + +## Setup + +To use this overlay's version of Input Leap, unmask the following packages: + +``` +dev-libs/libportal::projectmoon +x11-misc/input-leap::projectmoon +``` + +Then add the package accept keywords: + +``` +dev-libs/libportal::projectmoon +x11-misc/input-leap::projectmoon ** +``` + +*The double star allows unstable git builds.* + +## USE Flags + +This ebuild of Input Leap supports Wayland integration via `libei`, onb +supported compositors (notably, wlroots is apparently not supported by +upstream). To use the `libei` integration, you must have a version of +`libportal` with Input Capture support, which at time of writing +(libportal 0.7.1) is not yet released. + +This overlay contains a custom ebuild of `dev-libs/libportal` that can +enable Input Capture. + +To configure Input Leap to use `libei` for Wayland support, add the +following USE declarations: + +``` +dev-libs/libportal inputcapture +x11-misc/input-leap libei +``` + +Note that `inputcapture` is NOT a USE flag on the main Gentoo ebuild. So +if you haven't unmasked this overlay's version of `libportal`, you will +receive an error when trying to install Input Leap.