Re: emulating xinerama?

Sylvain Abélard wrote:
>> The main advantage of dual monitor support
> 
> We've already been discussing that on this ML, I think everything that
> had to be said has been said. Tuomo only says three things which are
> in essence, these :
> - I won't support Xinerama
> - Development on ion3 is coming to an end anyway
> - I won't answer to questions that I am not responsible for

*nod* I read the other thread quite recently. It's Tuomo's project so
it's fair for him to say what he will and won't do with it.

> However he certainly is OK with people using ion3 for whatever purpose
> they want and any hacks in the code they want (support of antialiasing
> or Xinerama for instance) provided you don't bother him with that.

Indeed. If I had more time I'd probably work on one myself. Although I
couldn't care less about anti-aliasing -- one of the things I like about
ion is how small the title bars are. I've never been keen on the amount
of space that Gnome/KDE/Windows/etc waste on them.

>> > agree'd. i have given up on using the gimp under ion a
>> > long time ago, tho (prefer shotophop under vmware anyways).
> 
> GIMP/Photoshop is a matter of personal preference (and money), but
> using Gimp under ion3 is really fantastic. That's also a matter of
> presonal preference but I think :
> 
> - combinating GIMP's shortcuts if you know/like them, and ion's
> shortcuts for window management, is super-comfortable
> - using winprops to position this annoying GIMP tool preferences away
> from your drawing frame is cool
> - switching from windowed to fullscreen mode is easy
> 
> Which in the end makes your mouse used only for the graphic art stuff
> and eliminates useless and time-eating movements back and forth the
> applications' options. Priceless :)

*nod* I should figure out winprops at some point since at the moment I
have to gimp in a floating workspace, and I don't like floating windows :)