On 5/19/12, Thomas Adam <tho...@fvwm.org> wrote:
> On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 03:30:47PM -0700, elliot s wrote:
>> On 5/19/12, Thomas Adam <tho...@fvwm.org> wrote:
>> > On 19 May 2012 22:28, elliot s <elliot...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> I'd like to have one desktop per monitor (ie an independent "pager"
>> >> per monitor) with the ability to move or extend windows across the
>> >> monitors.  Basically, a double wide page, where each "pager" controls
>> >> the windows with their (0,0) on that page half. Having the page button
>> >> show the icon of the last focused window would be nice, if possible.
>> >
>> > Not possible without Xinerama and even then, you're encroaching on
>> > per-desktop support which isn't possible yet.
>> >
>> >> I assume the pagers could be faked by fvwmbuttons and scripting.
>> >> Has anyone already done that?
>> >
>> > The only thing you can do is use FvwmEvent to hold different pagers
>> > for each *desk* -- and make them stickyacrosspages for that desk,
>> > killing the other pagers as you move between desks.
>> >
>> > I don't know if this is what you're asking or not.  But likely what
>> > you're asking isn't possible yet, and no amount of scripting is going
>> > to help you.
>> >
>> > -- Thomas Adam
>>
>> I'm figuring on having a backing desktop that holds the windows that
>> live soley on the right hand side of the page, and a variable holding
>> the value of the current right hand page. When i press a page
>> fvwmbutton, it moves all of the current right hand windows to the
>> backing desk, page <variable> and moves to current desk the windows of
>> the new page from the backing desk.  Pressing the real pager operating
>> the left hand page moves all of the right hand current windows to the
>> current left hand page. I dont want to use sticky style so as not to
>> lose which right hand windows are truly sticky.
>
> You're mixing so many different words with defined meaning to FVWM, I
> cannot understand you.
>
> Restate your question, and forget FVWM is even involved.  If you can do
> that, then I can put a better answer to you.
>
> -- Thomas Adam

One screen the width of two monitors.
The windows that are soley on the right hand monitor should page
independently of the windows that on the left monitor or cross
monitors.

Reply via email to