On Friday 18 September 2015 14:34:26 Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2015-09-18, J. Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org> wrote: > >>> echo $DISPLAY returns the same on both desktops. > >> > >> That is a single X11 screen spread across two physical monitors. It > >> will not exhibit the gtk-3 selection bug. > >> > >> Are you sure you have two desktops and it's not just a single desktop > >> that is spread across two monitors? Can you drag a window from one > >> monitor to the other? If you can, then it's a single desktop. > > > > Yes, I can. > > When I maximize a window, it's only on 1 screen. > > > > This is how it seems "right" to me. > > Then by all means continue to use it that way. That's how most people > seem to like it. > > > Why would I want it to be different? Eg. windows can't be moved > > between screens? I don't see the point of having more than 1 screen > > in that case. > > I like having separate screens because the window manager I use > (xfwm4) supports multiple virtual workspaces for each screen (4 per > screen by default). I find it very useful to be able to flip one > screen to a different workspace while leaving the others unaffected. > That allows me, for example, to leave email and web-browser up on one > screen while switching the other two back and forth between multiple > tasks/projects. (I am rarely allowed to work uninterrupted for long > periods on a single task.) > > Not being able to move windows between screens is an inconvenience, > but for me it's well worth it to get independently switchable virtual > workspaces on each screen.
To "simulate" that, I occasionally set a window to be on all virtual workspaces. Does that only work when you have the displays seperate like you do? As that would be convenient and is something I actually miss. -- Joost
