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Am Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 07:37:01PM -0000 schrieb Grant Edwards: |
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> >> My office setup had three screens, each with four virtual desktops. |
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> >> When using multiple screens, you develop the habit of using one screen |
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> >> for common, always-on stuff (e.g. email, web browser) and the other |
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> >> screen(s) for working on code (or whatever). |
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> > I found Enlightenment to be most versatile in this respect. Unlike |
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> > say Plasma, which has two monitors locked on the same virtual |
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> > desktop and when you switch to another virtual desktop *both* |
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> > monitors flip over, |
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> That's how all of virtual-desktop window managers I've tried over the |
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> decades work. |
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As a workaround within Plasma: set the window on your static monitor to show |
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on all virtual desktops. It won’t even animate when you change the desktop. |
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I use this feature mostly with video players, and even set a window rule to |
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be applied automatically upon launching a player. |
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> > in Enlightenment each monitor can switch to a different virtual |
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> > desktop independently. |
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Awesome WM also does this independently on separate screens. Just tested it. |
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