Document screen sharing across the website and handbook

README.md

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ cohesive experience—beautiful by default and unmistakably yours.
   motion that update without restarting your session.
 - **Ready for real setups:** gestures, multi-monitor support, fractional
   scaling, screenshots, background services and session locking.
+- **Screen sharing:** a native display picker and PipeWire video streams for
+  portal-compatible recording and conferencing apps.
 
 ## Make it yours
 
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ Settings → Shortcuts** to change them or assign gestures to other actions.
 - [Desktop widgets](docs/desktop-widgets.md)
 - [Notifications](docs/notifications.md)
 - [Native locker](docs/locking.md)
+- [Screen sharing and recording](docs/screen-sharing.md)
 
 ## Development
 

docs/screen-sharing.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Applications use the standard desktop portal to request a display, then receive
 video through PipeWire. A recorder or conferencing application handles encoding,
 saving files, or sending video; those tasks do not run inside the compositor.
 
+There is no built-in Record button or video-file recorder in the shell yet.
+Start recording from an application that supports the Wayland ScreenCast portal.
+
 ## Start sharing
 
 Use a Wayland screen-sharing or recording source in your application. Ferese
@@ -55,6 +58,32 @@ or multiple-display recording can therefore use significant CPU and memory
 bandwidth. A paused stream checks capture availability once per second so locking
 also ends sessions without an active consumer.
 
+## Development checks
+
+Build the backend after installing the native dependencies in the
+[installation guide](installation.md#requirements):
+
+```sh
+cargo build --release --locked -p xdg-desktop-portal-ferese
+cargo test --locked -p xdg-desktop-portal-ferese
+```
+
+The opt-in integration test opens a temporary nested compositor and uses a
+private D-Bus session. It requires built Ferese and locker binaries, Python
+GI/GStreamer with `pipewiresrc`, `dbus-daemon`, `xdg-desktop-portal`, and `bwrap`.
+It checks capture delivery, cancellation, frontend loss, and lock revocation:
+
+```sh
+FERESE_TEST_PORTAL=1 \
+FERESE_TEST_PORTAL_BINARY=target/release/xdg-desktop-portal-ferese \
+python3 scripts/tests/test_portal_isolated.py
+```
+
+Add `FERESE_TEST_PORTAL_CONSENT=1` to exercise the native picker and restricted
+PipeWire connection. Select the temporary display and click **Share** when
+prompted. Tests capture only the nested preview and leave host PAM policies and
+D-Bus activation unchanged.
+
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 Confirm that `XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP` contains `Ferese`, PipeWire is running, and

site/README.md

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ site sources or Markdown guides, then refresh the browser.
 
 - `site/index.html` and `site/styles.css`: homepage and shared visual design.
 - `site/content/index.md`: handbook introduction.
-- `docs/{installation,configuration,desktop-widgets,notifications}.md`: source guides.
+- `docs/{installation,configuration,desktop-widgets,notifications,locking,screen-sharing}.md`:
+  source guides.
 - `scripts/build-site.py`: renders Markdown, resolves links, generates section
   navigation, previous/next links, and the search index.
 - `site/app.js`: handbook search and code copying. Reading and navigation work

site/content/index.md

@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ If you prefer a text editor, your configuration lives at:
 
 Ferese reloads changes as you make them. An invalid edit keeps the last working configuration. Settings also preserves a backup of your previous save. See [Saving and validation](configuration.md#saving-and-validation).
 
+## Share your screen
+
+Use Ferese’s native display picker to share a monitor with a portal-compatible
+recording or conferencing app. The app handles saving or sending video; Ferese
+does not yet have a Record button in the shell. See [Screen sharing and
+recording](screen-sharing.md) for setup, stopping a session, and supported sources.
+
 ## Keep a recovery path
 
 Keep another desktop session available while testing hardware behavior. Save your work before logging out: `feresectl exit` and **Super + Shift + E** end the current session immediately.
@@ -59,5 +66,3 @@ cargo fmt --all --check
 ```
 
 The [source repository](https://github.com/ferese-wm/ferese) is the place to explore implementation details and report issues. When reporting a problem, include how to reproduce it, whether you used the nested or DRM backend, and relevant logs.
-
-[Screen sharing](screen-sharing.md) covers display consent, PipeWire streams, and recording support.

site/index.html

@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@
           <a href="docs/installation.html#preview-and-logs">preview Ferese</a>
           inside an existing Wayland session before installing.
         </p>
+        <p>
+          Share a display with recording and conferencing apps through Ferese’s
+          native screen-sharing portal. Choose what to share and stop at any time.
+          See <a href="docs/screen-sharing.html">screen sharing and recording</a>
+          for setup and current capabilities.
+        </p>
         <p>
           Built in Rust on Smithay. Development happens
           <a href="https://github.com/ferese-wm/ferese">on GitHub</a>.