I know there was a long discussion 6 years ago about adding or not a -geometry option to Xephyr, mainly for multiseat purposes (see https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12221). Mathew Allum, Xephyr maintainer at that time, strongly rejected the idea.
Now, 6 years later, how do you feel about it? Do you still reject the idea? I've written a patch (needs rewrite; see https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68397), in the same spirit of https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=11331, that extends the -screen option so that Xephyr can process strings like HxW+X+Y and move its window origin to (X, Y). In my tests, the +X+Y option is completely overriden if Xephyr is handled by a window manager (the typical use for which it's designed for, I guess), but it works if Xephyr is launched directly with no window manager running, which is the case in multiseat setups. Now that systemd-logind is available in several systems, multiseat configuration becomes less and less painful, so I believe it's a good time to revival those old Xephyr-based multiseat solutions. CANTATE DOMINO CANTICUM NOVUM QUIA MIRABILIA FECIT Laércio
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