Re: External monitors as "desktops"

Smit Patil <[email protected]> Sat, 26 Feb 2022 10:59:32 +0530
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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
>
>
>

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<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 &lt;<a href=3D"m=
ailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; 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>
&gt; Am Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 10:28:42AM +0200 schrieb Vlad Zahorodnii:<br>
&gt; &gt;On 2/18/22 22:28, Joshua J. Kugler wrote:<br>
&gt; &gt;&gt;Is there a way in kwin/plasma to make an external monitor its =
own<br>
&gt; &gt;&gt;&quot;desktop?&quot; That is, when you hit &quot;ctrl-tab&quot=
; to change desktops, that<br>
&gt; &gt;&gt;monitor does not change its display?=C2=A0 Similar to the way =
Mac (can)<br>
&gt; &gt;&gt;handles external displays.&gt;<br>
&gt; &gt;At the moment, kwin does not support per monitor virtual desktops,=
 but<br>
&gt; &gt;there was an attempt to fix that.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I major obstacle will be that this isn&#39;t covered by the NETWM spec=
 and<br>
&gt; you&#39;ll have issues reporting the current virtual desktop or treati=
ng<br>
&gt; requests to move or move windows there.<br>
&gt; So the implementation would probably have to exist aside that concept<=
br>
&gt; and then is just some way to manage the mapping state of windows on th=
e<br>
&gt; current (in doubt only) virtual desktop.<br>
<br>
As much as I would like to see KDE implement this, I&#39;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>

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