On Tue, 2002-01-22 at 08:20, Bo Thorsen wrote: > So? The Xinerama idea of creating a single logical screen out of multiple > simply does not work well for desktop usage.
Sure it does, I use Xinerama every day. Two 19inch monitors both running at 1280x1024 for a single 2560x1024 screen. > Unfortunately Xinerama is the > only way to achieve a good desktop when using two monitors; starting two X > servers is only one light gray box better than having two separate machines. And Blacbox's current support of Xinerama is fine. > From the HOWTO: > (snip) > > This is all correct. It doesn't matter what Xinerama authors or Bill Gates or > your grandmother might think about Xinerama usage. No need to degrade to juvenile arguments. > This HOWTO describes what > the sane approach for a desktop windowmanager is. I doubt that you have ever > actually worked with a Xinerama desktop on two monitors with a wm that > doesn't support it. I suggest you try it before you bitch about not putting > in obvious features. First, I do use Xinerama every day, as indicated above. If it would make you happy I'll make screen-shots available for you (or anyone else that would like). Second, if by "a wm that doesn't support it" you mean Blackbox, I do use Blackbox on the Xinerama system. > This is what Sawfish - and similarly for KWin now, I believe - implemented > (again from the HOWTO): So, because it's done by Sawfish and/or KWin, it should now be done by Blackbox? > Please guys, review the patch. It's the right thing to do, the question is > only how to do it. If the patch has technical issues, these can be solved. Certainly the patch should be reviewed, but whether or not it's included should be based not on supposed Xinerama support for Blackbox, but rather whether artificial boundaries are something that should be included in Blackbox. After all, that is what the patch does. Jamin W. Collins
