On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 07:55:49 -0700 Dustin Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> Hisham Mardam Bey wrote: > > On 8/10/06, Dustin Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hello all. I've been using E16 for the past year and really like it, > >> and use E17 off and on (E17 is down right sexy). I've Googled and > >> scanned the archives and can't get a concrete answer. I like how E16 > >> does Virtual Desktops on my dual head system (3200x1200) in that both > >> monitors display a single Virtual Desktop, but E17 does it differently. > >> It looks like E17 treats both monitors as having their own set of > >> Virtual Desktops, but I'm not totally sure as flipping around desktops > >> with Shift+Alt gave different results. Will E17 have support for the > >> way E16 does Virtual Desktops on Dual Head systems one day? Is Dual > >> Head support still considered buggy? > >> > > > > If you want the old style E16 "single-big-desktop" feel, you can run > > E17 with the fake xinerama options turned on: > > > > -fake-xinerama-screen WxH+X+Y > > Add a FAKE xinerama screen (instead of the real ones) > > given the geometry. Add as many as you like. They all > > replace the real xinerama screens, if any. This can > > be used to simulate xinerama. > > EG: -fake-xinerama-screen 800x600+0+0 > > -fake-xinerama-screen 800x600+800+0 > > > > Note that this is a dodgy way about it, but it works. E17's multiple > > monitor support is what you see in E17 now, this is how its meant to > > work. > > > > > > > Much obliged Hisham, thank you. note - by doing this you lose all information about there being 2 screens. dialogs will pop up half way between 2 screens if they are centered - the shelf too for example will be in the middle of both screens by default, etc. etc. etc. e just behaves as IF there really was only 1 big screen. these are also command-line options because they are intended for testing purposes - not for end-user use. thus they are not friendly :) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
