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+wayland_scanner = find_program('wayland-scanner')
+wayland_protos_dep = dependency('wayland-protocols')
+wl_protocol_dir = wayland_protos_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('pkgdatadir')
+wayland_scanner_code = generator(
+	wayland_scanner,
+	output: '@BASENAME@-protocol.c',
+	arguments: ['private-code', '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'])
+wayland_scanner_client = generator(
+	wayland_scanner,
+	output: '@BASENAME@-client-protocol.h',
+	arguments: ['client-header', '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'])
+
+wayland_xmls = [
+	wl_protocol_dir + '/stable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell.xml',
+	'wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1.xml',
+	'net-tapesoftware-dwl-wm-unstable-v1.xml',
+]
+wayland_sources = [
+	wayland_scanner_code.process(wayland_xmls),
+	wayland_scanner_client.process(wayland_xmls),
+]