I understand what you are trying to say and so I think the best solution would be a patch which does that thing ;)
Maybe I'll write one based on dwm-gtx (the only problem is that I suck at c and that I have to do too much school work :( ) On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 09:52:45AM +0000, Anselm R Garbe wrote: > Hi, > > I tried different multihead approaches in between 4.9 and 5.1 with > dwm. I remember the following: > > - have a dwm environment on each Xinerama screen (like multiple dwm's > in classic multihead setups) as suggested by Mate > -> the problem was, it didn't felt right because it added another > navigation layer on top of dwm, to basically navigate through screens > and to move clients between screens, the conclusion was, if you really > want this, run multiple instances of dwm with a classic multihead > setup > > - make layout algorithms use more screens (keep the bar at a specific > "main screen") > -> the problem was, that it doesn't scale well, most layout > algorithms aren't designed for multihead setups, esp. if the screens > have different geometries > > - split the tags into n distinct tagsets (1 for each screen) and use > the existing tagging concept for focussing/moving clients between > different screens using tagging, display the status bar on the screen > with the focussed client (or some arbitrary fallback if there are no > clients) > -> I think that was my favorit approach, so the main drawback was > that it made dwm significantly more complex and that there needs to be > some kind of setup option which tells which tag belongs to which > screen, so the intermediate approach was having a tag struct with a > screen index -> but hell taht sucked > > - use the screen with the pointer as default screen where the bar is > presented and the layout algorithms happen, use all other screens for > floating clients > -> this is the current approach > > Also, the main question remains, how many multihead users are there? > The main argument for the last approach was, if there are only 10% of > multihead users, why should all single head/laptop users suffer from > the unnecessary complexity? dwm's current Xinerama support isn't worse > than the Xinerama support in any major desktop environment, but it is > not very smart compared to other tiling WMs. > > Kind regards, > --Anselm >
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