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Wrapping the gnome-shell call with `dbus-run-session` is *mostly* enough for testing, but not quite. When running without gnome-session, the wayland display is not propagated to the D-Bus daemon, so any app that is D-Bus activated still opens in the host session. This can be worked around by using a specific wayland-display name and exporting it to the `dbus-run-session` environment up-front. At this point the invocation is finicky enough to justify another convenience script. This also gives us a place to expose some useful features for testing, like forcing a right-to-left layout or simulating the greeter. Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2935>
GNOME Shell
GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME desktop, like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME Shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts to provide a visually attractive and easy to use experience.
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