2012/3/3 Uli Schlachter <psyc...@znc.in> > On 03.03.2012 22:40, Raphael Fournier wrote: > > (to the devs: is it really the expected behavior, to have the terms stay > on > > a screen, even if its numbers goes from 1 to 2 ?) > > WHICH MERE MORTAL DARES TO SUMMON THE ALMIGHTY DEV? *insert evil laughter*
> Let's see... > > Function scan() in awesome.c looks for existing windows and does some > magic. > Nothing screen-related yet. Each client (which should be managed) is > passed to > client_manage(). This function then checks which screen the client is on: > > /* Set the right screen */ > screen_client_moveto(c, screen_getbycoord(wgeom->x, wgeom->y), false); > > So nothing gets moved around. It just stays at the position it was before > awesome started. (Later, the client layout code kicks in and rearranges > each > screen, but each client stays on the screen that it was on when awesome > started). > > And yes, awesome restarting due to a new screen appearing is just a special > case. So if the new screen is to the right or below existing screens, > clients > will stay on the screen they were on previously. If the new screen is > above or > left of existing screens, stuff gets shuffles around. > This is the key point I needed to know, thanks. I now understand that it is a matter of geometry coordinates on the screen. I was a bit confused because my big display receives screen number 1, whether it is set left or right of my laptop (and I thought clients would follow screen numbers). I will physically switch my screens then, so that my laptop is on the right (which will make clients move to the bigger screen when connected). > If the new screen has a smaller resolution than existing screens, clients > could > even be "randomly" distributed between the screens. > > I hope that explains what the current behavior is. Yes, Thank you very much, almighty and worshipped dev! > You ask if this is the > expected behavior? Of course it is. For one because that means I don't > have to > change anything and because awesome doesn't save any state across > restarts, thus > not much can be done about this. > > </dev> > -- > - Buck, when, exactly, did you lose your mind? > - Three months ago. I woke up one morning married to a pineapple. > An ugly pineapple... But I loved her. > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to awesome-unsubscr...@naquadah.org. >
