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On 2008-10-13, Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au> wrote: |
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> Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> [snip] |
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>> |
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>> There's a third option you haven't mentioned: two different |
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>> displays rather than a large virtual display spread across two |
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>> monitors. |
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> [snip] |
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>> Pros: |
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>> * Mouse movement and focus still act like one large display. |
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>> * Each display can have it's own set of virtual desktops and |
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>> they can be switched indpendantly. |
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> Really? When I set up separate X screens, changing virtual desktops on |
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> one display (eg from "VD1" to "VD2") also changed it on the other display. |
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It probably depends on your window manager. I'm using XFCE, |
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and switching "workspaces" as they're called in XFCE is |
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independant for the two displays. |
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>> * Things like window-manager panels/docs/taskbars are managed |
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>> separately for the two displays. |
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>> * Displays can have different resolutions, sizes, depths. |
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> So can xinerama / twinview :) |
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I thought I had read somewhere that they had to have the same |
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depth at least. |
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Grant Edwards grante Yow! I'm having fun |
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at HITCHHIKING to CINCINNATI |
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visi.com or FAR ROCKAWAY!! |
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