I don't have any good workarounds to offer in the current version. We're in the process of re-implementing the GUI library. When that's in place, we should be in a position to improve the second issue, at least.
For the Firefox issues, though, I'm not aware of a way to tell a web browser which screen to use. At Wed, 4 Aug 2010 14:28:25 -0400, Mitchell Wand wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm running Racket 5.0 on a Vista box w/ an auxiliary display using "extend > my desktop onto this display". The auxiliary display gets plugged into a > projector, which displays on the big screen. > > This is convenient for running Powerpoint presentations (stop sniggering!) > because the presentation runs on the big screen while my laptop screen shows > a timer, notes, etc. > > It's also useful for doing codewalks because I can run the Racket window on > the big display and keep other stuff that I don't want folks to see on the > laptop screen. > > This all works fine except for 2 things: > > 1. The first time I right-click on a symbol and select "Search for XXX in > Help Desk", a new Firefox window opens up, but it's on my small screen, not > on the extended screen near the racket window. My workaround is to drag > the FF window over to the auxiliary screen. After that, the Help Desk window > usually (but not always) opens up on the auxiliary display as desired. > Anybody got any better ideas? > > 2. When I open up a new world using big-bang, the new world (labelled > "World") opens up on the small screen, not on the auxiliary screen as > desired. Is there any way to control where the World opens? Could it be > made to open near the position of the interaction window? (Yes, I know that > there might not be any interaction window. That doesn't help me, though.) > Any ideas? _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
