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    [QPA] Implement Screen on top of internal Screens API · abedb464
    Martin Flöser authored
    Summary:
    The test DontCrashUseractionsMenu (Waylandonly) found an issue in our
    screen handling implementation in the QPA. The code exposed a short time
    frame between the dummy screen getting destroyed and the first screen
    being added. This could result in a crash of KWin.
    
    There is actually no need to implement Screen on top of Wayland screen.
    KWin has all the knowledge, so we can also base this on top of the
    Screens API.
    
    Advantages:
     * no delays due to Wayland roundtrips
     * handle screen getting removed (was a TODO)
     * handle resolution changes (was a TODO)
    
    The new implementation has a disadvantage that it destroys and readds
    all screens whenever something around the screen changes. This shouldn't
    be an issue in practice as it's only for the internal QPA and thus only
    affects KWin internal windows which is placed in global coordinates
    anyway. If it turns out to be a problem we need to track better the
    screen changes - so far those were not tracked at all.
    
    Test Plan: Run a few unit tests which change screens
    
    Reviewers: #kwin, #plasma
    
    Subscribers: plasma-devel, kwin
    
    Tags: #kwin
    
    Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D8345
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