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On 2016-09-25, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 14:02:18 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: |
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>> > I'm curious. What is it you are doing that needs desktops on separate |
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>> > X11 screens? |
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>> I do software development that often involves fairly complex test |
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>> setups where I sometimes need 1 screen for source code, 1 screen for |
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>> documentation, 1 screen for various simulators or test programs, 1 |
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>> screen for a web browser connected to the DUT, and another screen for |
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>> general web-browsing and email handling. |
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>> And I find it very useful to be able to leave 2 of the screens as-is |
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>> while I switch the third one to do something else. |
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> I hadn't really thought of it like that, but being able to switch virtual |
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> desktops separately on each monitor sounds like a really useful feature. |
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It is. Once you get used to being able to do that, it's hard to give |
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it up. |
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Grant |