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Grant Edwards wrote: |
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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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> * 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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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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When things go well, expect something to explode, erode, collapse or |
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just disappear. |
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