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Add org.openstenoproject.Plover
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- [x] Please describe the application briefly. Free and open source stenography engine
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The app works (and uses Wayland) if I give it access to both wayland and x11.
For some weird reason, keeping the wayland and fallback-x11 fails with:
Unexpected error: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/plover/scripts/main.py", line 147, in main
code = gui.main(config, controller)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/plover/gui_qt/main.py", line 125, in main
app = Application(config, controller, use_qt_notifications)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/plover/gui_qt/main.py", line 31, in __init__
from plover.gui_qt.main_window import MainWindow
File "/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/plover/gui_qt/main_window.py", line 14, in <module>
from plover.oslayer import wmctrl
File "/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/plover/oslayer/linux/wmctrl.py", line 4, in <module>
_wmctrl = WmCtrl()
^^^^^^^^
File "/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/plover/oslayer/linux/wmctrl_x11.py", line 8, in __init__
self._display = display.Display()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/Xlib/display.py", line 89, in __init__
self.display = _BaseDisplay(display)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/Xlib/display.py", line 71, in __init__
protocol_display.Display.__init__(self, *args, **keys)
File "/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/Xlib/protocol/display.py", line 84, in __init__
name, protocol, host, displayno, screenno = connect.get_display(display)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/Xlib/support/connect.py", line 73, in get_display
return mod.get_display(display)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/Xlib/support/unix_connect.py", line 59, in get_display
raise error.DisplayNameError(display)
Xlib.error.DisplayNameError: Bad display name ""
I have resorted to just giving it access to just x11, and it works, but with following warnings:
flatpak run org.openstenoproject.Plover
2025-08-17 15:20:43,327 [MainThread] WARNING: Qt: Failed to create wl_display (No such file or directory)
2025-08-17 15:20:43,388 [MainThread] WARNING: Qt: Qt: Session management error: Could not open network socket
2025-08-17 15:20:43,494 [MainThread] WARNING: It appears that an input method, such as ibus or fcitx5, is not running on your system. Without this, some text may not be output correctly.
If it tries to connect to X11 regardless then the app doesn't support wayland correctly.
There is no point retrying until the issue is fixed. It will not magically be hand waved.
I understand that, I will see if I can fix the x11/wayland issue.
What's weird is that the build/CI is failing. I can't figure out why
I have reported the X11/Wayland issue upstream: https://github.com/openstenoproject/plover/issues/1763. For now, plover flatpak will use X11.
The build seems successful, but it seems we don't get a test build link anymore...?
✅ Test build succeeded. To test this build, install it from the testing repository:
flatpak install --user https://dl.flathub.org/build-repo/204710/org.openstenoproject.Plover.flatpakref
The domain to be used for verification is openstenoproject.org. If you intend to verify this app, please confirm that you can upload https://openstenoproject.org/.well-known/org.flathub.VerifiedApps.txt. Otherwise, ignore this. Please comment if this incorrect.
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Not sure how to fix this
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Not sure how to fix this
✅ Test build succeeded. To test this build, install it from the testing repository:
flatpak install --user https://dl.flathub.org/build-repo/204782/org.openstenoproject.Plover.flatpakref