On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 14:02:18 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > > I'm curious. What is it you are doing that needs desktops on separate > > X11 screens? > > I do software development that often involves fairly complex test > setups where I sometimes need 1 screen for source code, 1 screen for > documentation, 1 screen for various simulators or test programs, 1 > screen for a web browser connected to the DUT, and another screen for > general web-browsing and email handling. > > And I find it very useful to be able to leave 2 of the screens as-is > while I switch the third one to do something else.
I hadn't really thought of it like that, but being able to switch virtual desktops separately on each monitor sounds like a really useful feature. -- Neil Bothwick User-friendly: (adj.) trivialized, slow, incapable, and boring.
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