[gentoo-user] Re: Can't paste from selection in gtk-3 apps

[Grant Edwards]

On 2015-09-18, J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote:

>>> echo $DISPLAY returns the same on both desktops.
>>
>> That is a single X11 screen spread across two physical monitors.  It
>> will not exhibit the gtk-3 selection bug.
>>
>> Are you sure you have two desktops and it's not just a single desktop
>> that is spread across two monitors?  Can you drag a window from one
>> monitor to the other?  If you can, then it's a single desktop.
>
> Yes, I can.
> When I maximize a window, it's only on 1 screen.
>
> This is how it seems "right" to me.

Then by all means continue to use it that way.  That's how most people
seem to like it.

> Why would I want it to be different?  Eg. windows can't be moved
> between screens? I don't see the point of having more than 1 screen
> in that case.

I like having separate screens because the window manager I use
(xfwm4) supports multiple virtual workspaces for each screen (4 per
screen by default).  I find it very useful to be able to flip one
screen to a different workspace while leaving the others unaffected.
That allows me, for example, to leave email and web-browser up on one
screen while switching the other two back and forth between multiple
tasks/projects. (I am rarely allowed to work uninterrupted for long
periods on a single task.)

Not being able to move windows between screens is an inconvenience,
but for me it's well worth it to get independently switchable virtual
workspaces on each screen.

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