On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Dmitry Yu. Bolkhovityanov wrote: > On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 09:07:06 -0500, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > > > The latter. The third head is connected to a TV via a "TV-Out" > > supporting card. I don't really want the TV as part of my desktop > > real estate. > > > > > (not likely to be ever implemented, > > > according to Mark V.)? > > > > I wonder why selective binding of screens will never be implemented > > with Xinerama. It seems to me to be a natural progression in > > the evolution of Xinerama. > > I'd also be interested in such a feature, but reality is that Mark > is the only "Xinerama-aware" person, and he doesn't seem to be interested. > (Mark, are you reading this? Please correct me if I'm wrong.)
Implementation issues aside, there are some things that have to happen first. The original Xinerama sample implementation came with no API. There was an API, but it didn't ship with it, probably because it was still in the old PanoramiX namespace. That API was useless and didn't even tell you where the physical screens were located at. I created my own API in the Xinerama namespace, reved the library and shipped it with XFree86 and this is what you have today. I got some flak for this because now we have a bunch of applications using this and it's not an official X API. The X.org Xinerama task force is working on an official API - one that supports multiple logical screens. I don't think it would be a good idea to go ahead without them this time. As for implementation issues, this touches a very large part of the server. It might be straightforward, but I haven't thought about it much. I think it would be good to have but it's not a high priority for me. I only run with two heads myself. Mark. _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert