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docs: fix pessimistic FAQ about Wayland (#131)
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src/faq.rst

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Unfortunately, in Wayland compositors like Gnome's Mutter there is no way at all to get the current window, this leaves the window watcher completely disabled in Wayland.
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*Solution:* Switch to using X11 (the best option), and if you can't: bother the developer of your Wayland compositor.
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*Solutions:*
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- Switch to using X11.
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- Try an alternative AFK and window :ref:`watcher <other-watchers>` which supports Wayland.
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You can see the general status of the ability of `getting the active window in Wayland on StackOverflow <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45465016/how-do-i-get-the-active-window-on-gnome-wayland>`_ or follow `the issue for ActivityWatch tracking the problem <https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch/issues/92>`_.
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src/watchers.rst

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- :gh:`RundownRhino/aw-watcher-mpv-sender` - (WIP) Watches mpv and reports the currently playing video.
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- :gh:`2e3s/aw-watcher-media-player` - Watches the currently playing media which is reported by most players to the system.
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.. _other-watchers:
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Other watchers
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- :gh:`Edwardsoen/aw-watcher-steam` - A Watcher to monitor current game being played.
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- :gh:`2e3s/awatcher` - A compiled watcher for X11 and Wayland to replace the original active window and AFK watchers, with workarounds for KDE and Gnome on Wayland.
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- :gh:`RTnhN/aw-watcher-toggl` - A Watcher to import time entries from Toggl.
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- :gh:`flexagoon/aw-watcher-gnome` - A watcher to use ActivityWatch on GNOME with Wayland
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- :gh:`sameersismail/aw-watcher-netstatus` - Monitors if you're connected to a network, by :gh-user:`sameersismail`.
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