@kim Wait. Isn't configuring windows before mapping them an entirely valid thing to do? Mapping just controls visibility AFAIK, and a configure request shouldn't result in an implicit visibility change.
@joepie91 this... also makes sense. thank you for correcting me :D
@kim FWIW, Wayland is a protocol rather than a specific implementation, so it's also possible that other Wayland compositors may exist that aren't so power-hungry, because different compositors don't necessarily share any implementation code
@joepie91 yeah it definitely isn't fun, that's for sure. but compared to wayland it sips battery on my laptop