On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 04:57:38PM +0000, David Tweed wrote: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Mate Nagy <mn...@port70.net> wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 09:52:45AM +0000, Anselm R Garbe wrote: > >> - 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 > > I use all my systems like this, where I can. The point is, that you > > often *can't* do this any more, because bad driver support; also, not > > being able to move windows between screens sucks sometimes. > > I would still prefer this solution. > > The "extra navigation layer" means "next screen key" and "move client > > to next screen key"... not all that much. I would hazard that a majority > > of multi-monitor users still use two monitors (laptop + external > > monitor). > > I use two LCD monitors of the same size put together so there's only > the two thins bezel between them. This is primarily for economic > reasons: I initially had one LCD and it was much cheaper to buy a > second than try and sell it and buy an ultra-widescreen LCD. It's > quite common where I work for people to have two LCDs (although I'm > the only person using dwm).
I have a similar experience in work, except I was lucky enough to get a large 24" panel. and I'm the only person using dwm (gottox branch) > > >> - 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 > > I don't see how this would be usable.. also, depending on automatic > > tiling, clients jumping between screens would be a very confusing. The > > previous approach keeps clients on the same screen until explicit wish > > from the user. > > I use some old patches I wrote for dwm-3.3 that use a multicolumn > layout (where the number of columns, etc, in the layout can vary per > tag). The major difficulty is not displaying clients but finding good > ways to control moving clients: with several different posI don't find > a client moving from one physical screen to another confusing, partly > because I don't really think of them as two physical screens but just > as one "workspace". Of course, if they were two different sized or > separated screens that'd probably be different. > i find i just use the big panel for most things with 2-3 terminals and the old 17" panel for stacking windows that i'm not working with. Jimmy. -- Jimmy Tang Trinity Centre for High Performance Computing, Lloyd Building, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland. http://www.tchpc.tcd.ie/ | http://www.tchpc.tcd.ie/~jtang
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