Where to start? Implementing independent workspace switching with Xinerama

[samuel]

would using viewports be a solution?

On 4/18/07, Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at xfce.org> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> Henk Boom wrote:
> > I have rather limited knowledge of the way xinerama and multi-head
> > displays work, but why is it important to use xinerama at all? Why not
> > just have the two screens show any two out of a single set of
> > workspaces? I remember hearing that moving windows between different
> > screens was a problem with multi-head, but could that be done with WM
> > support instead? AFAIK xinerama has the big disadvantage that you
> > can't add and remove screens on the fly, which is very important for
> > laptops. Just my $0.02.
>
> That will not work, the standards sets the workspace per screen. you
> cannot have different workspaces on a single screen.
>
> But anyhow, that would not make much sense. If you want to
> haveindependent screens, simply don't use Xinerama;
>
> Cheers,
> Olivier.
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