Allows the compositor to submit tokens to the pool of
currently active tokens. This can be useful when the
launcher doesn't use or support xdg-activation-v1 by
itself - e.g. when it is X11 based or use gtk_shell1.
The data field is useful to track metadata about a token. The destroy
events are useful for compositors that track application startup to
let them know they can stop doing that.
These new functions allow a compositor to request new managed tokens
without participating in the xdg-activation procedure as a wayland
client.
This enables the compositor itself to behave as a launcher
application.
There isn't always a good time to prune old tokens. Compositors
which only implement a "give focus on activation" logic can prune
tokens on focus change. However other compositors might want to
implement other semantics, e.g. "mark urgent on activation". In this
case a focus change shouldn't invalidate other tokens.
Additionally, some tokens aren't necessarily tied to a seat.
To avoid ending up with an ever-growing list of tokens, add a timeout.
Guido Günther
Ronan Pigott
Simon Ser