By desktop do you mean monitor? If so, yes you can using the current code - if you choose the correct one as primary.
Nick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Piers Haken Sent: 13 February 2003 09:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: FW: Test77 multiwindow mouse weirdness Resend.... > -----Original Message----- > From: Piers Haken > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 1:46 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: FW: Test77 multiwindow mouse weirdness > > > Can you drag a multiwindow so half of it show on one desktop > and the other hald on another? > > This probably should be a somewhat lofty goal... > > Piers. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nick Crabtree [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 12:21 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: FW: Test77 multiwindow mouse weirdness > > > > > > Harold, > > > > The assumption that the screen origin is 0,0 is one of the things I > > had to fix for the multiple monitors patch. In general SM_XSCREEN > > and SM_YSCREEN should _always_ be used to discover the origin (or > > more generally SM_XVIRTUALSCREEN ...). In most configurations this > > will indeed return 0,0 but it should not be assumed that this is the > > case. > > > > I had also noticed this problem with multiwindow mode on my twin > > monitor set-up. If I set my left screen to be the primary then the > > origin is 0,0 and multiwindow mode stretches across both monitors. > > If the right screen is primary then the origin is -1200,0 and > > mutiwindow mode only works on the > right monitor. > > > > I was going to have a look at this in a few weeks when I should have > > some spare time. > > > > Nick > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Harold L Hunt II > > Sent: 12 February 2003 22:14 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: FW: Test77 multiwindow mouse weirdness > > > > > > Piers, > > > > Yes, that is strange. I think the problem is that, as you said, the > > multiwindow mode is assuming that the screen is based at 0, > 0. That > > isn't a problem for the non-multiwindow mode, but there was > obviously > > some sort of oversight in the multiwindow mode that caused > > this problem > > to show up. I may look into it eventually, but if you have any > > inclination to peek at the source yourself (it is accessible > > via cvsweb > > and well commented) then I would appreciate it if you could try to > > locate the problem for me. > > > > Harold > > > > Harold L Hunt II wrote: > > > Here is a message from Piers Haken reporting a problem with > > > mutliwindow mode. His emails get bounced because > Exchange insists > > > on > > munging his > > > email. > > > > > > Harold > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Piers Haken > > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:22 PM > > > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > > Subject: Test77 multiwindow mouse weirdness > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm seeing some weirdness with the mouse cursor in Test77's > > > multiwindow > mode. > > Note: I have my windows > taskbar attached > > > to the left-hand edge of > > the > > > > screen instead of the bottom. > > > > > > > > Here's how to see what I'm seeing: > > > > 1) install test77 > > > > 2) unlock the taskbar. > > > > 3) dock the taskbar to the left-hand side of the > screen > 4) run > > > 'XWin-Test77 -multiwindow' > 5) open an xterm > > > > 6) look at the position of the xterm window. > > > > 7) now click on the 'Cygwin/XFree86 rl' window so the root is > > visible. > > > > Notice how the position of the xterm window is > different > > > > depending on whether or not the root window is shown. > > When the root > > > > window is shown the xterm jumps to the right exactly by > the width > > of the > > > > taskbar. > > > > > > > > 8) while the root window is on top, move the mouse around. > > > > Notice that the mouse cursor occasionally jumps to the > > right, > > > > again by the same amount as the width of the taskbar. > > > > > 9) show both the root window AND the xterm, so the multiwindow > > xterm > > > > with the windows decorations is on top of the root window. > > > > > Notice that the two versions of the xterm window do not > > line up. > > > > > > > > I know this isn't a very common or very severe bug but > > it does seem > > to > > > > indicate an underlying problem in the calculation of the > > desktop > > > > bounding rectangle. Perhaps you're assuming, incorrectly in > > general, > > > > that the desktop starts at (0,0)? > > > > > > > > Piers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by the WorldCom Internet > > Managed Scanning Service - powered by MessageLabs. For further > > information visit http://www.worldcom.com > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by the WorldCom Internet Managed Scanning Service - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.worldcom.com
