out of curiosity, what is the point in running linux if you are a small softimage shop? I use linux every day here and can certainly see the advantage for a big studio, but if softimage is your main app, why run an OS that cripples it?
On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 4:52 AM, Raffaele Fragapane < [email protected]> wrote: > hmm, you mean XSI's own sub windows outside the main client's? XSI does > maximize to both monitors and snap, but honestly I don't even notice it > anymore if I want to work on just one monitor, I just meta + middle mouse > resize it on opening, after that I can move any window outside and over the > desktop. That's on CentOS 6.2 to 6.6. > If you mean dragging it off desktop, no, I don't believe it's possible, X > lets the client window control that behaviour and I suspect mainwin, or > whatever else deals with the windowing, has it disabled. > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Simon van de Lagemaat < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> We had the same problem and found out the font that Soft was searching >> for, it was something odd. I'll find out what it was on Monday and let you >> know how we fixed it. In fact I don't think we ever got a check but >> instead it was some odd looking shape. >> >> The other massive annoyance was how Soft wants to maximise across >> monitors and you can't drag a window off the screen, they just bump up >> against the edges :-/, this is centos 6 however. >> >> On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Steven Caron <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Luc-Eric... >>> >>> I am not sure where to start investigating on the font subject, any >>> pointers? but the window server tip can get me started. >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 4:45 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> The missing checkmark in the spreadsheet control is something about >>>> font substitution. It's not a bitmap that's used, it's the checkmark >>>> symbol. In.. Arial font, perhaps. For the keyboard and the focus, >>>> I'm sure something can be fixed by fiddling with the window server's >>>> focus-follow-mouse setting. You might need to install something to >>>> get access to those settings. >>>> >>>> On 3 April 2015 at 17:46, Steven Caron <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>> > > > -- > Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it > and let them flee like the dogs they are! >

