dingwl

README.md

@@ -109,10 +109,12 @@ In PowerShell:
 
 ```powershell
 winget install Microsoft.DotNet.SDK.8
+dotnet workload install maui-windows
 ```
 
-The Windows App SDK is pulled in automatically via NuGet when the shell builds — no extra
+The Windows App SDK itself is pulled in via NuGet when the shell builds. The
-workload install needed.
+`maui-windows` workload supplies the MSBuild tasks that WinUI 3's PRI/MRT targets
+reach for, which would otherwise only be available with a full Visual Studio install.
 
 #### 6. Build + install
 

shell/windows/LayersShell/LayersShell.csproj

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
     <PublishReadyToRun>true</PublishReadyToRun>
     <AssemblyName>Layers</AssemblyName>
     <EnableMrtResourceIndexer>false</EnableMrtResourceIndexer>
+    <GenerateAppxPriFile>false</GenerateAppxPriFile>
+    <ShouldComputeInputPris>false</ShouldComputeInputPris>
     <ApplicationIcon Condition="Exists('Assets\app.ico')">Assets\app.ico</ApplicationIcon>
 
     <LayersIconSvg>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\..\..\resources\Layers.svg</LayersIconSvg>

shell/windows/LayersShell/MainWindow.xaml.cs

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window
             appWindow.ResizeClient(new SizeInt32((int)DefaultLogicalWidth, (int)DefaultLogicalHeight));
         }
 
-        // Windows App SDK 1.3+: assign a backdrop directly, no MicaController wiring needed.
         SystemBackdrop = new MicaBackdrop { Kind = Microsoft.UI.Composition.SystemBackdrops.MicaKind.Base };
 
         Activated += OnActivated;
@@ -94,8 +93,7 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window
         var height = (float)RenderSurface.ActualHeight;
         if (width <= 0 || height <= 0 || scale <= 0) return;
 
-        // wgpu's dx12 backend wants an ISwapChainPanelNative*. Query it off the XAML element's
+        // wgpu's dx12 backend wants an ISwapChainPanelNative*, not the raw IUnknown.
-        // IUnknown rather than passing the raw WinRT object pointer.
         var iid = typeof(ISwapChainPanelNative).GUID;
         var unknown = Marshal.GetIUnknownForObject(RenderSurface);
         IntPtr native = IntPtr.Zero;
@@ -140,8 +138,6 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window
         }
     }
 
-    // --- Input routing ---
-
     private void RenderSurface_SizeChanged(object sender, SizeChangedEventArgs e)
     {
         if (_handle == IntPtr.Zero)

shell/windows/LayersShell/WinKeyMap.cs

@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@ using Windows.System;
 
 namespace LayersShell;
 
-/// Maps WinUI virtual keys to the `layers_key_event` named-code + text protocol.
-///   named: 0=Character, 1=Enter, 2=Escape, 3=Backspace, 4=Tab,
-///          5=ArrowLeft, 6=ArrowRight, 7=ArrowUp, 8=ArrowDown,
-///          9=Delete, 10=Home, 11=End.
-///   mods:  1=Shift, 2=Ctrl, 4=Alt, 8=Logo (Win).
 internal static class WinKeyMap
 {
     public static uint MapVirtualKey(VirtualKey key) => key switch
@@ -29,8 +24,6 @@ internal static class WinKeyMap
 
     public static string? TextForKey(VirtualKey key)
     {
-        // Letters + digits + punctuation produced by the shell directly. Shift/altgr composition
-        // is left to the iced layer's text_input which re-evaluates the character path.
         if (key >= VirtualKey.A && key <= VirtualKey.Z)
         {
             char c = (char)('a' + (int)(key - VirtualKey.A));

src/bin/layers_shell.rs

@@ -245,9 +245,6 @@ fn init_logging() {
         .try_init();
 }
 
-/// Locate the installed plugin root so colours.toml and other resources resolve.
-/// Honours `LAYERS_PLUGIN_ROOT` first; otherwise walks up from the running binary
-/// expecting `<plugin_root>/bin/<exe>`.
 fn discover_plugin_root() -> Option<PathBuf> {
     if let Ok(p) = std::env::var("LAYERS_PLUGIN_ROOT") {
         let pb = PathBuf::from(p);