Re: Multi-, different- monitors is multi-hopeless?

On 16/01/09 02:31, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote:
> But, really, the only reason I've stayed with E17 so long is that it's 
> the only window manager that handles multi-monitors the way I want it 
> done. A lot of the choices behind Ion jive really well with what I 
> actually want in a WM. (keyboard über alles, window manager that actually 
> *manages*, and Lua(yay!))
>
> Based mostly on the latest "Shit-or-rama [Was: mod_xinerama]" thread [1], 
> I'm not optimistic about Ion emulating this setup. But is it an accurate  
> statement that there is no nice way to use ion3 such that I get:

JEHOVA!!!!!!

http://wannabehacker.com/repos/mod_xinerama-3/

Works perfectly here on my workstation, but tuomov will not help you in any
way, when you use it. If you have a problem: remove the module and
reproduce it.

> 1. per-monitor workspaces
>
> 2. ability to move windows between monitors

These two points work perfectly. ion3+mod_xinerama, e17 and awesome are the
only windowmanagers, I know with this feature.

> 3. ability to switch CRT resolution/presence w/out restarting X
>
> (...part of the difficulty being that my monitor heights don't match up)

Should work with xrandr, never tried it, but you need to restart ion3 in
any way.

Cheers
	Treibholz


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