On Thu, 8 Nov 2012 11:09:59 -0800 Marc MERLIN <marc_...@merlins.org> said:
> On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 01:18:31PM -0800, Marc MERLIN wrote: > > Ok, so I did -fake-xinerama-screen 3840x2400 > > and indeed now it ignores the fact that I have 4 monitors. > (...) > > I'm willing to believe that your users are happy with the new e17 way. I > > guess I got so used to how I was doing it with e16 that I have a hard > > time considering switching now 13 years later :) > > e17 works fine on my laptop by the way since I only have one LCD. I only > > noticed the changes when I upgraded my work desktop with the 2x2 screen > > matrix to e17. > > Ok, I found out yesterday that the e17 code for a huge display with fake > xinerama is broken and offsets things on other screens (I sent details with > screenshots to Raster directly). > Also, it seems to break the remember windows code too, so half of my many > terminals don't go back where I saved them (it was working with 4 > independent screens). that looks like an xorg hw or config issue - not anything to do with e17. :) > Considering that I need something working kind of now, I may have to break > down and go back to having 4 independent screens. > I understand I can make it so that I don't have to waste space with 4 > shelves (one on each screen, especially awkward when you have a screen on > top and a shelf in the middle of your viewing area). > > Am I more or less correct that I will lose the ability to have a pager that > shows me the entire 2x2 display or even a pager for screens 1, 2, 4 if my > shelf is only on screen #3 ? you said you don't need or want virtual desktops... so why do you want a pager:? the pager controls VIRTUAL desktops. you want all 4 screens to be 1 big screen with no virtual desktops... and you have that via fake-xinerama options. (beats me why u want that though - have 4 screens, each with as many virtual desktops as u like and place pagers in shelves in appropriate places - eg the top left, bottom-left,m top-right and bottom-right corners per screen. you can add and delete shelves as u like - u dont need to drag them around to have them on other screens). > Otherwise, I still didn't quite find how I can add a simple 'lock' button to > my shelf. Is there not a way to have a run everything icon on a shelf and have > it call xlock on disk as soon as I click on the icon? u can make an ibar with a custom desktop file (see applications settings) and point ibar to a custom launcher directory (also settings). why you want to do this and not just use e's built-in lock that can auto enable on screen blank, i don't know. the default binding to bring it up is ctrl+alt+l, so you dont need a button in the shelf for that - no gadget was ever provided as at least i never saw a good use for it due to there already being key bindings and it auto enabling on blank anyway. :) > Thanks, > Marc > -- > "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R. > Microsoft is to operating systems .... > .... what McDonalds is to gourmet > cooking Home page: http://marc.merlins.org/ > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_nov _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
