Re: External monitors as "desktops"
Smit Patil <[email protected]> Sat, 26 Feb 2022 10:59:32 +0530
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--0000000000004d5eaa05d8e51acd Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If someone submits MR and it breaks the spec will it be merged ? On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 4:25 AM Joshua J. Kugler <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday, February 21, 2022 2:31:43 AM AKST Thomas L=C3=BCbking wrote: > > Am Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 10:28:42AM +0200 schrieb Vlad Zahorodnii: > > >On 2/18/22 22:28, Joshua J. Kugler wrote: > > >>Is there a way in kwin/plasma to make an external monitor its own > > >>"desktop?" That is, when you hit "ctrl-tab" to change desktops, that > > >>monitor does not change its display? Similar to the way Mac (can) > > >>handles external displays.> > > >At the moment, kwin does not support per monitor virtual desktops, but > > >there was an attempt to fix that. > > > > I major obstacle will be that this isn't covered by the NETWM spec and > > you'll have issues reporting the current virtual desktop or treating > > requests to move or move windows there. > > So the implementation would probably have to exist aside that concept > > and then is just some way to manage the mapping state of windows on the > > current (in doubt only) virtual desktop. > > As much as I would like to see KDE implement this, I'd much rather the > spec > amended than KDE break the spec and break interoperability with other > apps > and desktops. > > Is there a ticket/proposal in front of the the Freedesktop group to add > something like this? If not, how would one go about requesting? > > j > > -- > Joshua J. Kugler -- Fairbanks, AK > Blogs: http://jjncj.com/blog/ (Family) -- http://joshuakugler.com (Geek) > Philippians 2:9-11 > > > --0000000000004d5eaa05d8e51acd Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">If someone submits MR and it breaks the spec will it be me= rged ?<br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gm= ail_attr">On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 4:25 AM Joshua J. Kugler <<a href=3D"m= ailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></= div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;bor= der-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Monday, February 2= 1, 2022 2:31:43 AM AKST Thomas L=C3=BCbking wrote:<br> > Am Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 10:28:42AM +0200 schrieb Vlad Zahorodnii:<br> > >On 2/18/22 22:28, Joshua J. Kugler wrote:<br> > >>Is there a way in kwin/plasma to make an external monitor its = own<br> > >>"desktop?" That is, when you hit "ctrl-tab"= ; to change desktops, that<br> > >>monitor does not change its display?=C2=A0 Similar to the way = Mac (can)<br> > >>handles external displays.><br> > >At the moment, kwin does not support per monitor virtual desktops,= but<br> > >there was an attempt to fix that.<br> > <br> > I major obstacle will be that this isn't covered by the NETWM spec= and<br> > you'll have issues reporting the current virtual desktop or treati= ng<br> > requests to move or move windows there.<br> > So the implementation would probably have to exist aside that concept<= br> > and then is just some way to manage the mapping state of windows on th= e<br> > current (in doubt only) virtual desktop.<br> <br> As much as I would like to see KDE implement this, I'd much rather the = spec <br> amended=C2=A0 than KDE break the spec and break interoperability with other= apps <br> and desktops.<br> <br> Is there a ticket/proposal in front of the the Freedesktop group to add <br= > something like this? If not, how would one go about requesting?<br> <br> j<br> <br> -- <br> Joshua J. Kugler -- Fairbanks, AK<br> Blogs: <a href=3D"http://jjncj.com/blog/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_bla= nk">http://jjncj.com/blog/</a> (Family) -- <a href=3D"http://joshuakugler.c= om" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://joshuakugler.com</a> (Geek)= <br> Philippians 2:9-11<br> <br> <br> </blockquote></div> --0000000000004d5eaa05d8e51acd--