libxfcegui4's xinerama wrapper

[Jasper Huijsmans]

Another question ...

Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> this is mainly a question for olivier, but if anyone else can help...
> 
> i was looking into xfdesktop xinerama support, but the libxfcegui4 
> interfaces don't seem to be all that useful.  for example, when i'm 
> creating a new backdrop image, i have the screen number. from the 
> number, i need the width and height of the screen so i can size the 
> image properly.  however, MyDisplay{Width,Height}() requires an x and y 
> coordinate, which it looks like are global coords, which it uses to 
> figure out which head the coordinates belong to, and then get the screen 
> size.  but, 1) i don't have coordinates, and 2) i already know which 
> head i want.
> 
> i really want to use the xinerama wrapper, since it means i don't have 
> to add more compile-time conditionals, and i get the xinerama emulation 
> for free to test with.  is there some way i can use this in a sane 
> manner that's useful to me?
> 

I was wondering, how about using the GdkScreen API? It is available 
since gtk 2.2, so we could use it for Xfce 4.2. Are there any problems 
with that?

	Jasper