On Wed, 2002-01-23 at 17:06, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > On 23-Jan-2002 Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-01-22 at 22:57, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > >> Brad worked hard to make sure Blackbox was one of the few wms to support > >> multiple screens. Rest assured I will take the same precautions. If I can > >> at > >> the same time make Xinerama users' lives a little easier/better along the > >> way, > >> so be it. > > > > I ask that what ever "easier/better" additions supposedly for Xinerama > > not be forced on the Blackbox users, rather that they be configuration > > options. I believe I've made it very apparent so far, but just to be > > absolutely clear. I for one don't want what this proposed patch > > provides. > > > > First off, this will have to be a compile time option at the minimum. The code > depends on Xinerama functions from XFree4. So there will be the option to > './configure --without-xinerama'. I do intend to look into the feasibility of > runtime options for Xinerama. Will wait to see what the code looks like. > > There is always the chance this will remain a community patch. > > I am looking into some hardware so that I can test and experiment both with > Xinerama and with blackbox's current multiple screen support. >
At current it is compile time. Though once it's compiled if you have Xinerama turned on then it will use the functionality.
