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Added missing documentation for Wayland dependencies and extensions.
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@ -86,6 +86,38 @@ extension or there is no running compositing manager, the
`GLFW_TRANSPARENT_FRAMEBUFFER` framebuffer hint will have no effect.
@section compat_wayland Wayland protocols and IPC standards
As GLFW uses libwayland directly, without any intervening toolkit library, it
has sole responsibility for interacting well with every compositor in use on
Unix-like systems. Most of the features are provided by the core protocol,
while cursor support is provided by the libwayland-cursor helper library, EGL
integration by libwayland-egl, and keyboard handling by
[libxkbcommon](https://xkbcommon.org/). In addition, GLFW uses some protocols
from wayland-protocols to provide additional features if the compositor
supports them.
GLFW uses xkbcommon 0.5.0 to provide compose key support. When it has been
built against an older xkbcommon, the compose key will be disabled even if it
has been configured in the compositor.
GLFW uses the [relative pointer
protocol](https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/tree/unstable/relative-pointer/relative-pointer-unstable-v1.xml)
alongside the [pointer constraints
protocol](https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/tree/unstable/pointer-constraints/pointer-constraints-unstable-v1.xml)
to implement disabled cursor. These two protocols are part of
wayland-protocols 1.1, and mandatory at build time. If the running compositor
does not support both of these protocols, disabling the cursor will have no
effect.
GLFW uses the [idle inhibit
protocol](https://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/tree/unstable/idle-inhibit/idle-inhibit-unstable-v1.xml)
to prohibit the screensaver from starting. This protocol is part of
wayland-protocols 1.6, and mandatory at build time. If the running compositor
does not support this protocol, the screensaver may start even for full screen
windows.
@section compat_glx GLX extensions
The GLX API is the default API used to create OpenGL contexts on Unix-like