On 3 January 2011 21:41, Nick Schermer <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Stavros Giannouris <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 3 January 2011 20:55, Nick Schermer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Stavros Giannouris <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Hello. > >> > > >> > I'm trying to describe the two terms in the X Window System context so > >> > that > >> > I can provide good translations for them, but I'm a bit confused; > >> > I have some idea in my mind about this but I can quite put it down in > >> > writing, or it is too lengthy to be accepted in the UI. > >> > > >> > Can someone help me with this, or at least point me to somewhere not > too > >> > techical to read? > >> > >> It is indeed a bit confusing, and the difference might not be obvious > >> for most users (doesn't need to be), but this is how it works (at > >> least in Gtk+/Gdk): > >> > >> The X server opens 1 display, a display contains >= 1 screens and a > >> screen contains >= 1 monitors. In real life you'd hardly see a setup > >> with > 1 screen and > 1 monitor; for example nvidia uses multiple > >> screens for each output (each containing a single monitors with the > >> size of the screen) and randr (intel/nouveau/..) 1 screen with > >> multiple monitors for each output. Another detail is that monitors can > >> overlap each other, screens cannot. > >> > >> Now (I assume you are translating this) in case of the panel; when a > >> display setup uses monitors (randr), each output will have a name > >> (LVDS, VGA1, DVI1) which is used by the panel, so you'd hardly see > >> Monitor %d in the panel preferences. > >> > >> Screens on the other hand cannot have names, so there the users always > >> sees Screen %d. > >> > >> If I were you I'd just translate Monitor and Screen as-is; normal > >> users don't see a difference; but tech-users might know and (that's > >> the reason the panel uses different names for both) it provides useful > >> info in bug reports. > >> > >> Hope that helps a bit. > >> > >> Nick > >> > > It helps a lot, thanks! > > > > The problem is that the translation is the same for both words in Greek, > but > > if the possibility to see both of them in the preferences is minimal, > then > > it should be fine to use it. > > You never see both at the same time in the output selector; the panel > cannot handle the case > 1 screen && > 1 monitor. > Great, thanks! -- Stavros Giannouris
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