Tore Anderson wrote:
>
> Is there planned any support in BB for the Xinerama extention in XFree86
> 4.x?
>
> I have to monitors and what can be annoying is that if I press the
> maximize button the window will maximize over both the screens instead of
> one, and that new windows can appear splitted in two by the monitors -
> specifically Mozilla's popups - they place on the middle of the desktop,
> and since BB doesn't know anything about Xinerama, that is splitted in two
> halves, one half on each monitor.
>
> I see that a experimental patch is out to handle the maximization, but a
> friend who knows C told me that it is just if the resolution of the
> monitors are equal (I haven't gotten the time to test it).
>
> So, (when) will real support appear in the CVS?
>
Not any time soon, unfortunately.
Right now the code for bb is in little tiny pieces held together
by sticky notes and thumb tacks... I've been changing some of the
internals and a number of things no longer work without manually
changing the build process. Once I get done with the changes and
put the whole thing back together I'll be able to worry about adding
something like Xinerama support.
It should be fairly straightforward, but it involves changes to
several parts of the code (initialization, window placement,
maximization, menus, edge resistance, maybe some more), and I'd
like to be sure the code is settled before I do it.
Jeff Raven
