Re: [e-users] hot plugging a 2nd screen and keeping window positions

2020-06-19 Thread Carsten Haitzler
On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 14:22:24 -0700 Marc MERLIN said: > On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 07:18:51PM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > I looked for this, but didn't find a setting. Is it a compile option or > > > a setting? > > > > http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-5eecffdb3dd9d5.28939497.png > >

Re: [e-users] hot plugging a 2nd screen and keeping window positions

2020-06-19 Thread Marc MERLIN
On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 07:18:51PM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > I looked for this, but didn't find a setting. Is it a compile option or > > a setting? > > http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-5eecffdb3dd9d5.28939497.png woohoo, the settings cat, where have you been all my life, settings cat?

Re: [e-users] hot plugging a 2nd screen and keeping window positions

2020-06-19 Thread Carsten Haitzler
On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:07:59 -0700 Marc MERLIN said: > On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 11:06:19AM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > you could also just disable e's monitor hotplug support. hotplug support > > means actively handling connects/disconnects when e knows about them. if > > it's happening

Re: [e-users] hot plugging a 2nd screen and keeping window positions

2020-06-19 Thread Marc MERLIN
On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 11:06:19AM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > you could also just disable e's monitor hotplug support. hotplug support means > actively handling connects/disconnects when e knows about them. if it's > happening due to bad cabling or something... it's still happening. :) I

Re: [e-users] hot plugging a 2nd screen and keeping window positions

2020-06-19 Thread Carsten Haitzler
On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 10:09:49 -0700 Marc MERLIN said: > On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 09:43:53AM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > likely going to try debug an older release of e unless you're willing to > > actually hack on the code and add appropriate debug, find the issue and > > identify it's the

Re: [e-users] hot plugging a 2nd screen and keeping window positions

2020-06-18 Thread Marc MERLIN
On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 09:43:53AM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > likely going to try debug an older release of e unless you're willing to > actually hack on the code and add appropriate debug, find the issue and > identify it's the same one in the current release and maybe send a patch... :) >

Re: [e-users] hot plugging a 2nd screen and keeping window positions

2020-06-09 Thread Carsten Haitzler
On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 20:49:19 -0700 Marc MERLIN said: > On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 12:40:26AM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > > hmmm no. i don't see any suspicious there... i can't say what is going > > > > on. perhaps a bug already long fixed? i don't know. > > > > > > Isn't "move resize 0 0

Re: [e-users] hot plugging a 2nd screen and keeping window positions

2020-06-08 Thread Marc MERLIN
On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 12:40:26AM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > hmmm no. i don't see any suspicious there... i can't say what is going on. > > > perhaps a bug already long fixed? i don't know. > > > > Isn't "move resize 0 0 -65536x-65536" something bad? > > not. this is just the first

Re: [e-users] hot plugging a 2nd screen and keeping window positions

2020-06-07 Thread Carsten Haitzler
On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 14:44:40 -0700 Marc MERLIN said: > On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 07:17:16PM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > E remembers their new (bad) positions if I restart E while X is running > > > (i.e. it won't put them back there they were before it messed them up), > > > but if I

Re: [e-users] hot plugging a 2nd screen and keeping window positions

2020-06-07 Thread Marc MERLIN
On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 07:17:16PM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > E remembers their new (bad) positions if I restart E while X is running > > (i.e. it won't put them back there they were before it messed them up), > > but if I restart X (and E), they do go back where they were supposed to be.

Re: [e-users] hot plugging a 2nd screen and keeping window positions

2020-06-07 Thread Carsten Haitzler
On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 08:57:03 -0700 Marc MERLIN said: > On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 04:19:44PM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > How do I tell E to reset all the windows to where they would be if E got > > > started from scratch? Restarting E won't do it. > > > I'm forced to log out and log back

Re: [e-users] hot plugging a 2nd screen and keeping window positions

2020-06-07 Thread Marc MERLIN
On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 04:19:44PM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > How do I tell E to reset all the windows to where they would be if E got > > started from scratch? Restarting E won't do it. > > I'm forced to log out and log back in, which puts my windows where > > they're supposed to be, but

Re: [e-users] hot plugging a 2nd screen and keeping window positions

2020-06-07 Thread Carsten Haitzler
On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 17:35:09 -0700 Marc MERLIN said: > Ok, one more question. > > Because this was really getting to me, I put the screen in mirror mode > so that windows don't have to be moved around. > This works better, but sometimes, I find my screen locked even though I > was in

Re: [e-users] hot plugging a 2nd screen and keeping window positions

2020-06-06 Thread Marc MERLIN
Ok, one more question. Because this was really getting to me, I put the screen in mirror mode so that windows don't have to be moved around. This works better, but sometimes, I find my screen locked even though I was in presentation mode, and all my windows in the upper left corner, as if E

Re: [e-users] hot plugging a 2nd screen and keeping window positions

2020-06-02 Thread Carsten Haitzler
On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 08:50:22 -0700 Marc MERLIN said: > On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 09:28:15AM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > * randr: when losing a zone/screen, put windows in purgatory and then have > > purgatory screens available via pager to drag onto a current screen, > > or the specific

Re: [e-users] hot plugging a 2nd screen and keeping window positions

2020-06-02 Thread Marc MERLIN
On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 09:28:15AM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > * randr: when losing a zone/screen, put windows in purgatory and then have > purgatory screens available via pager to drag onto a current screen, > or the specific virtual desktops from purgatory to be accessible even > if

Re: [e-users] hot plugging a 2nd screen and keeping window positions

2020-06-02 Thread The Rasterman
On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 22:16:44 -0700 Marc MERLIN said: > I took my older thinkpad, with a somewhat older E and older debian and > sysvinit 9no systemd), and I made it a desktop machine. > i installed the nvidia driver on it, because I don't care about battery > use anymore. > > I have the screen

Re: [e-users] hot plugging a 2nd screen and keeping window positions

2020-06-01 Thread Simon Lees
On 6/2/20 2:46 PM, Marc MERLIN wrote: > I took my older thinkpad, with a somewhat older E and older debian and > sysvinit 9no systemd), and I made it a desktop machine. > i installed the nvidia driver on it, because I don't care about battery > use anymore. > > I have the screen setup as