Re: [Ql-Users] QL on 2 monitors
On 28 Nov 2010, at 12:37, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Does anyone know if any (or all!) of the QL emulators can work on the second screen of a two-monitor PC setup? My PC can only handle a single monitor, so although I have QPC, QemuLator and QL2K on this PC, I can't test them. I had to set my laptop to operate two monitors to give talks. The set up is either two screens holding different parts of the whole, so that, by dragging a window to the edge of one screen it appeared in the other or It is possible (with windowsxP) to have the same information displayed on both monitors. For the talk, of course, I arranged to have the same information on both one monitor being, in fact, the projector. I can confirm that QPC2 operated on both monitors, whatever the set up. George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL on 2 monitors
Am 28.11.2010 13:37, schrieb Dilwyn Jones: Does anyone know if any (or all!) of the QL emulators can work on the second screen of a two-monitor PC setup? My PC can only handle a single monitor, so although I have QPC, QemuLator and QL2K on this PC, I can't test them. I think that what you have to do is drag the application to the edge of the screen when 2 monitors/2 desktops/wide desktop are in use and they will 'snap' onto the second screen, though it's a long time since I used a 2 screen setup. It's a Quanta helpline request from a member who says this would influence his choice of which QL emulator he uses on his Windows PC. He said it'd be handy to leave all his PC applications running on one monitor and the QL by itself on the other, don't know why (unless he just doesn't want to get caught using a QL at work by being able to turn off monitor 2 if his boss approaches or something!!!) Dilwyn Jones Dilwyn, I have a Vista dual screen setup at my office and at least QPC2 works perfectly with it. And yes, you simply drag the QL window to the monitor of choice. This obviously doesn't work in full-screen mode, but full-screen doesn't work well on modern LCD screens anyhow because they don't scale well. If I remember right, QPC2 uses the main monitor in full-screen mode. No idea how the other emulators cope, however - if they use a windowed mode, I see no reson why it shouldn't work as well. Tobias And, no, I don't use it to hide my QPC windows ;-). Dual screen is just a charm to work with when you're doing several things in parallel, like preparing graphics using windows that you want to use on the QL side. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL on 2 monitors
Dilwyn, I have a Vista dual screen setup at my office and at least QPC2 works perfectly with it. And yes, you simply drag the QL window to the monitor of choice. This obviously doesn't work in full-screen mode, but full-screen doesn't work well on modern LCD screens anyhow because they don't scale well. I have that problem using the Aurora in some resolutions with an LCD screen. Looks worst with text, because individual horizontal lines get repeated and makes text look really bad. Guess it's even worse for Q40 users with the 2:1 1024x512 pixel modes. At least some Aurora modes look not too bad on a 14 inch non-widescreen monitor I use with the Aurora. You do have to choose the right modes to suit the monitor, though, or it looks awful. If I remember right, QPC2 uses the main monitor in full-screen mode. No idea how the other emulators cope, however - if they use a windowed mode, I see no reson why it shouldn't work as well. Tobias Thank you both (George and Tobias) for your replies. I knew QPC2 could, because when I had my eeePC notebook (which is now living in West Ireland last I heard of it!) I was able to use QPC2 on either screen with that, although I couldn't remember how to go about it. I was using it when my son and I made the 25th anniversary QL presentation for Quanta. Annoyingly, the Powerpoint viewer I used for running that demo would only run on the first screen, so I had to have QPC2 on the second monitor at the time. But I don't remember using QL2K or Q-emuLator like that. They can both run in windowed modes, so I guess SHOULD work (if anyone can confirm that?) And, no, I don't use it to hide my QPC windows ;-). Dual screen is just a charm to work with when you're doing several things in parallel, like preparing graphics using windows that you want to use on the QL side. Yes, of course - I must investigate whether my current laptop can handle 2 monitors, as I know the graphics card on this PC has only one video output. The eeePC could use its own screen as monitor one and an external monitor could be (1) in place of the internal screen (internal screen disabled), (2) duplicate the internal screen, or (3) be an external second screen which was not the same as what was displayed on the inbuilt monitor. Actually, (3) sort of worked in reverse for me on the eeePC, because it was possible to do more intricate work on the larger external monitor and leave things like Outlook running on the smaller screen, which was good enough to see when email arrived and so on. I remember the 14 inch monitor being stood behind the eeePC on top of a pile of books so I could see one display above the other without turning my head to see what I was typing! I seem to remember that some apps will let you drag and drop from programs running on one screen to programs running on another, which is great. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL on 2 monitors
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Nov/10 12:37 | Nov28: Does anyone know if any (or all!) of the QL emulators can work on the second screen of a two-monitor PC setup? My PC can only handle a single monitor, so although I have QPC, QemuLator and QL2K on this PC, I can't test them. I think that what you have to do is drag the application to the edge of the screen when 2 monitors/2 desktops/wide desktop are in use and they will 'snap' onto the second screen, though it's a long time since I used a 2 screen setup. It's a Quanta helpline request from a member who says this would influence his choice of which QL emulator he uses on his Windows PC. He said it'd be handy to leave all his PC applications running on one monitor and the QL by itself on the other, don't know why (unless he just doesn't want to get caught using a QL at work by being able to turn off monitor 2 if his boss approaches or something!!!) Qemulator works fine in second screen under XP in VMware on a Macbook. ... and it does not *snap* - it can overlap both windows, as do all other programs. I often use this feature to see very long lines of code in terminal windows which cannot line wrap. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] QL on 2 monitors
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 28/Nov/10 12:37 | Nov28: Does anyone know if any (or all!) of the QL emulators can work on the second screen of a two-monitor PC setup? My PC can only handle a single monitor, so although I have QPC, QemuLator and QL2K on this PC, I can't test them. I think that what you have to do is drag the application to the edge of the screen when 2 monitors/2 desktops/wide desktop are in use and they will 'snap' onto the second screen, though it's a long time since I used a 2 screen setup. It's a Quanta helpline request from a member who says this would influence his choice of which QL emulator he uses on his Windows PC. He said it'd be handy to leave all his PC applications running on one monitor and the QL by itself on the other, don't know why (unless he just doesn't want to get caught using a QL at work by being able to turn off monitor 2 if his boss approaches or something!!!) Qemulator works fine in second screen under XP in VMware on a Macbook. ... and it does not *snap* - it can overlap both windows, as do all other programs. I often use this feature to see very long lines of code in terminal windows which cannot line wrap. Tony Ah, thanks for that. I couldn't remember whether or not things 'snapped' from one ot the other or just moved continuously, overlapping both. It's so long since I last used 2 monitor systems! I'll pass the info on, thanks everyone. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
