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On Friday 18 September 2015 14:34:26 Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> On 2015-09-18, J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> >>> echo $DISPLAY returns the same on both desktops. |
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> >> |
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> >> That is a single X11 screen spread across two physical monitors. It |
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> >> will not exhibit the gtk-3 selection bug. |
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> >> |
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> >> Are you sure you have two desktops and it's not just a single desktop |
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> >> that is spread across two monitors? Can you drag a window from one |
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> >> monitor to the other? If you can, then it's a single desktop. |
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> > Yes, I can. |
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> > When I maximize a window, it's only on 1 screen. |
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> > This is how it seems "right" to me. |
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> Then by all means continue to use it that way. That's how most people |
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> seem to like it. |
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> > Why would I want it to be different? Eg. windows can't be moved |
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> > between screens? I don't see the point of having more than 1 screen |
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> > in that case. |
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> I like having separate screens because the window manager I use |
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> (xfwm4) supports multiple virtual workspaces for each screen (4 per |
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> screen by default). I find it very useful to be able to flip one |
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> screen to a different workspace while leaving the others unaffected. |
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> That allows me, for example, to leave email and web-browser up on one |
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> screen while switching the other two back and forth between multiple |
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> tasks/projects. (I am rarely allowed to work uninterrupted for long |
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> periods on a single task.) |
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> Not being able to move windows between screens is an inconvenience, |
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> but for me it's well worth it to get independently switchable virtual |
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> workspaces on each screen. |
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To "simulate" that, I occasionally set a window to be on all virtual |
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workspaces. |
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Does that only work when you have the displays seperate like you do? As that |
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would be convenient and is something I actually miss. |
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Joost |