[e-users] How to get e17 to behave xinerama-like when I have 4 screens without xinerama

2012-11-05 Thread Marc MERLIN
I'm using 4 LCDs with a 4 port nvidia card. The 4 displays are put together using xrandr and aren't separate displays. I'm can straddle windows between screens. But I guess this new fancy way of doing things does not export xinerama info, and e17 does not know that those screens are related it see

Re: [e-users] How to get e17 to behave xinerama-like when I have 4 screens without xinerama

2012-11-05 Thread Marc MERLIN
On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 04:16:03PM -0800, Marc MERLIN wrote: > I'm using 4 LCDs with a 4 port nvidia card. > The 4 displays are put together using xrandr and aren't separate displays. > I'm can straddle windows between screens. > > But I guess this new fancy way of doing things does not export xin

Re: [e-users] How to get e17 to behave xinerama-like when I have 4 screens without xinerama

2012-11-05 Thread Wido
E17 DOES know about it, you have several options to acomplish this, but you have to know how you want it to behave. Examples: you may chose that all screens know about the windows in the other screens, you may choose that iconified (minimized) windows are listed in all the screens or not. For

Re: [e-users] How to get e17 to behave xinerama-like when I have 4 screens without xinerama

2012-11-05 Thread Marc MERLIN
Hi, Thanks for your answers, On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 11:47:13PM -0300, Wido wrote: > E17 DOES know about it, Yes, it sure does, it just defaults to making each screen separate which is the opposite of what I'd like. In my xinerama days, I used e16 with my 4 LCDs as one giant display that all be

Re: [e-users] How to get e17 to behave xinerama-like when I have 4 screens without xinerama

2012-11-05 Thread Wido
On Tuesday November 6 2012 01:05:34 Marc MERLIN escribió: > Hi, > > Thanks for your answers, Sure! it's my 2 cents for this awesome project =) > > On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 11:47:13PM -0300, Wido wrote: > > E17 DOES know about it, > > Yes, it sure does, it just defaults to making each screen

Re: [e-users] How to get e17 to behave xinerama-like when I have 4 screens without xinerama

2012-11-05 Thread Marc MERLIN
On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 01:59:36AM -0300, Wido wrote: > > Obviously to each their own. I'm so used to E which I've used since 1999 > > back when Raster was on the other side of the cube wall and I could throw > > things at him :) > > It's hard to change now, I really like the one giant screen way o

Re: [e-users] How to get e17 to behave xinerama-like when I have 4 screens without xinerama

2012-11-06 Thread The Rasterman
On Mon, 5 Nov 2012 16:16:03 -0800 Marc MERLIN said: > I'm using 4 LCDs with a 4 port nvidia card. > The 4 displays are put together using xrandr and aren't separate displays. > I'm can straddle windows between screens. > > But I guess this new fancy way of doing things does not export xinerama >

Re: [e-users] How to get e17 to behave xinerama-like when I have 4 screens without xinerama

2012-11-06 Thread Marc MERLIN
On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 07:26:40PM +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > Does anyone know how I can get e17 to deal those 4 screens as if it were a > > single big one? > > Is there a way to fake xinerama info with those newer X servers to make e17 > > happy? > > there is. > > enlightenment -h | grep

Re: [e-users] How to get e17 to behave xinerama-like when I have 4 screens without xinerama

2012-11-07 Thread The Rasterman
On Tue, 6 Nov 2012 14:46:14 -0800 Marc MERLIN said: > On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 07:26:40PM +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > Does anyone know how I can get e17 to deal those 4 screens as if it were a > > > single big one? > > > Is there a way to fake xinerama info with those newer X servers to m

Re: [e-users] How to get e17 to behave xinerama-like when I have 4 screens without xinerama

2012-11-07 Thread Marc MERLIN
(fixed post and resent to list) On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 05:50:38PM +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > I ran: > > /usr/bin/enlightenment_start -fake-xinerama-screen 1920x1200+0+0 > > -fake-xinerama-screen 1920x1200+1920+0 -fake-xinerama-screen > > 1920x1200+0+1200 > > -fake-xinerama-screen 1920x12

Re: [e-users] How to get e17 to behave xinerama-like when I have 4 screens without xinerama

2012-11-08 Thread Marc MERLIN
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

Re: [e-users] How to get e17 to behave xinerama-like when I have 4 screens without xinerama

2012-11-08 Thread P Purkayastha
On 11/09/2012 03:09 AM, Marc MERLIN wrote: > 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? > > Thanks, > Marc Why don't you create

Re: [e-users] How to get e17 to behave xinerama-like when I have 4 screens without xinerama

2012-11-08 Thread Marc MERLIN
On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 10:19:40AM +0800, P Purkayastha wrote: > On 11/09/2012 03:09 AM, Marc MERLIN wrote: > > 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 d

Re: [e-users] How to get e17 to behave xinerama-like when I have 4 screens without xinerama

2012-11-09 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 8 Nov 2012 11:09:59 -0800 Marc MERLIN 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

Re: [e-users] How to get e17 to behave xinerama-like when I have 4 screens without xinerama

2012-11-09 Thread Marc MERLIN
On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 07:54:40PM +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > 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 remembe

Re: [e-users] How to get e17 to behave xinerama-like when I have 4 screens without xinerama

2012-11-09 Thread The Rasterman
On Fri, 9 Nov 2012 10:15:01 -0800 Marc MERLIN said: > On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 07:54:40PM +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > 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 screenshot

Re: [e-users] How to get e17 to behave xinerama-like when I have 4 screens without xinerama

2012-11-09 Thread P Purkayastha
On 11/10/2012 08:59 AM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Fri, 9 Nov 2012 10:15:01 -0800 Marc MERLIN said: >> With E16 I had a 'lock' epplet that did that. >> I know E17 can have a hotkey, maybe I'll get myself used to using that, I >> was just curious how to have a 'one click here to l

Re: [e-users] How to get e17 to behave xinerama-like when I have 4 screens without xinerama

2012-11-18 Thread Marc MERLIN
On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 09:59:37AM +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > You're correct that I don't need virtual desktops with 4 screen, and I > > indeed don't have any. > > Now that you convinced me that I actually don't really need a pager without > > virtual screens (see, you didn't waste your tim