Hi,

I've a really frustrating way problem for quite some time: I use xpra on a 
Windows with one (undocked laptop), two (docking station #1) or three (docking 
station #2) monitors. In the docking station cases, the *primary* display 
is/are always the external monitor and the secondary one the internal laptop 
display. Since the laptop is actually a convertible tablet, I use it nearly 
exclusively are notepad (having the display lying on the table with OneNote 
open).

Although the internal laptop display is *not* the primary monitor, it is to the 
*left* of the other screens and hence, it has position (0,0) of the complete 
virtual display.

Now I have X window applications (again, proprietary, sorry) which in 90% of 
the cases place the windows on the *secondary* monitor. Since I don't even use 
that display as an actual monitor, it is so annoying to drag all the windows 
(and the applications really opens a lot of windows) to the actual primary 
screen. I asked in the forum of the proprietary application [1] and they claim 
the window manager would have the option to decide on which monitor new windows 
open etc.


My question: Would it be possible to specify this in xpra (which also acts as a 
window manager)?
The best, greatest and *most natural* solution would be to open new windows 
always on the same monitor as the last active application was on. I don't 
understand how this can't be default. With every wingle Windows application I 
use this is the case and windows only go to the secondary monitor when I 
specifically drag them there.
In the worst case, a brute-force solution may be to exclude certain monitors at 
all from xpra ... would this be possible?


Thanks,
Luke


[1] http://preview.tinyurl.com/m4k2l2f
_______________________________________________
shifter-users mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users

Reply via email to