Jason Chu wrote: >On Tue, 2002-01-22 at 19:36, Marco Fonseca wrote: > >>Jason Chu wrote: >> >>>I can hear the masses screaming, *rahhhh*, *rahhhhh* >>> >>>Anyway. >>> >>>I have some code to add Xinerama support to Blackbox... (still waiting >>>for the cheering to die down). For those of you who don't know what >>>Xinerama is it allows multiple monitors to be used as a single monitor. >>>The problem is things like Blackbox placing windows across window >>>borders and menus spanning windows and things like that. >>> >>>If anyone would like to test it I'm posting it on my webserver (please >>>no trying to take it down, that would make me very unhappy) at >>>http://xentac.net/~jchu/black. I basically modified the 0.62.0 Debian >>>package. You have the choice of taking the source or an easily >>>digestible Debian package. Be careful though guys, the Debian package >>>will be overwritten on the next update (I suggest you use your favorite >>>package manager and set blackbox on h >>>old at the moment). >>> >>>Mostly just stress testing now. I haven't yet tried running it without >>>Xinerama turned on. If it broke anything there it'd be a very quick >>>fix. >>> >>>I've also only tested it on the screen 0 is left of screen 1 scenario >>>(mine). I'd like to hear results of other Xinerama setups. >>> >>>I babble too much. Go forth and test. >>> >>>Jason (Xentac) Chu >>> >>Am I missing something here, it doesn't seem to do anything? Maximizes >>are still across monitors and all new windows are started from the left >>most monitor. When maximizing there is a big white bar along the right >>side of the window. (Maybe I have screen 0 right of screen 1) . >> >> >>Marco >> > >Maximizes are supposed to maximize within the monitor that the window >exists on. All new windows are supposed to open in the window that your >mouse is in. I don't know about the big white bar... is it part of the >window or is it outside of the window? > > It's actually part of the window. The rest is working like there was no xinerama awereness at all(regular blackbox).
MarcoF
