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FWIW, xsnow runs with wayland, but ignores the windows (even when i make then floating in Sway):

  $ xsnow
  Xsnow running in GTK version: 3.24.29
  Detected Wayland desktop
  xsnow 3.3.0

Probably works better with a non-tiling WM: https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/563400-XsnoW-anyo...

xsnow -h says:

> BUGS

> - Xsnow needs a complete rewrite: the code is a mess.

> …

> - Xsnow does run in Wayland, but will not snow on all windows.

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I think it's more likely due to that native-Wayland windows are not visible to XWayland clients. XWayland clients, however, see all other XWayland clients' windows.

It ignored XWayland windows, too. Even the "welcome at xsnow" one. I don't have any other WM than Sway and i don't really want to install one just to try if xsnow works :D

Edit: looks like it doesn't ignore them after all! But the accumulated snow is hidden "behind" the top edge of the window, so it becomes visible only for a brief moment when i move the window downwards.

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