Document unavailability of frame geometry on Wayland

* etc/PROBLEMS (Runtime problems specific to PGTK build):
Document that frame-edges and company are liable not to return
valid coordinates.  (bug#73207)
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Po Lu 2024-09-15 09:01:25 +08:00
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GTK does not allow programs to warp the pointer anymore. There is GTK does not allow programs to warp the pointer anymore. There is
nothing that can be done about this problem. nothing that can be done about this problem.
** 'frame-edges' or 'frame-geometry' does not return correct frame origin positions.
Rather, on Wayland, they return a position not distant from 0, 0, as the
Wayland protocol is specifically engineered not to reveal this
information to clients. By the same token, `frame-monitor-workarea',
and related geometry-querying functions, cannot establish the size of
the workarea and return a placeholder result.
** Certain keys such as 'C-S-u' are not reported correctly. ** Certain keys such as 'C-S-u' are not reported correctly.
Some keys with modifiers such as Shift and Control might not be Some keys with modifiers such as Shift and Control might not be