From 271f9de0d8f191364f28f7efe18b597c5efba9ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke Maxwell <24lbmaxwell@protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:06:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] allow connection via env var

---
 src/wayland.rs | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/wayland.rs b/src/wayland.rs
index bee5202..e362dad 100644
--- a/src/wayland.rs
+++ b/src/wayland.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+use std::{env, os::unix::net::UnixStream, path::PathBuf};
+
 use wayland_client::{
+    backend::Backend,
     delegate_noop,
     protocol::{wl_output, wl_registry},
     Connection, Dispatch, Proxy, QueueHandle,
@@ -7,24 +10,55 @@ use wayland_protocols::xdg::xdg_output::zv1::client::{
     zxdg_output_manager_v1::ZxdgOutputManagerV1, zxdg_output_v1,
 };
 
-
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Default)]
 pub struct DisplaySize {
     pub width: i32,
-    pub height: i32
+    pub height: i32,
 }
 
 #[derive(Default)]
 struct OutputData {
     wl_outputs: Vec<wl_output::WlOutput>,
     output_man: Option<ZxdgOutputManagerV1>,
-    max_size: DisplaySize
+    max_size: DisplaySize,
+}
+
+fn connect_to_wayland() -> Connection {
+    if let Some(socket_name) = env::var_os("EXTEST_DISPLAY").map(Into::<PathBuf>::into) {
+        let socket_path = if socket_name.is_absolute() {
+            socket_name.clone()
+        } else {
+            let mut socket_path = env::var_os("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")
+                .map(Into::<PathBuf>::into)
+                .unwrap();
+            if !socket_path.is_absolute() {
+                panic!("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not absolute");
+            }
+            socket_path.push(&socket_name);
+            socket_path
+        };
+        let stream = UnixStream::connect(socket_path)
+            .map_err(|_| {
+                panic!(
+                    "Failed to connect to Wayland socket: {}",
+                    socket_name.display()
+                )
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+        let backend = Backend::connect(stream)
+            .map_err(|_| panic!("Failed to connect to Wayland backend"))
+            .unwrap();
+        Connection::from_backend(backend)
+    } else {
+        // Default to standard Wayland connection if EXTEST_DISPLAY is not set
+        Connection::connect_to_env().unwrap()
+    }
 }
 
 /// Returns the largest dimensions of the detected monitors
 #[must_use]
 pub fn get_axes_range() -> DisplaySize {
-    let conn = Connection::connect_to_env().unwrap();
+    let conn = connect_to_wayland();
     let display = conn.display();
     let mut queue = conn.new_event_queue();
     let handle = queue.handle();

From 34d504977da07cec020d8ebaf03ec8ff1b0e25d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke Maxwell <24lbmaxwell@protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:13:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] document new changes

---
 README.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index acc248c..45316e5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,3 +34,9 @@ The repository also comes with a script to automatically override Steam's deskto
 ```sh
 ./override_steam_desktop_file.sh
 ```
+
+Optionally for exposing the wayland socket to specifically extest, without overriding the internal wayland session for steam (ex: using gamescope), you can use the following command:
+
+```sh
+env EXTEST_DISPLAY=$WAYLAND_DISPLAY LD_PRELOAD=/path/to/libextest.so steam
+```