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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version
From:       Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7 () gmx ! de>
Date:       2022-11-21 21:30:26
Message-ID: Y3vt8jWavWeEVGs8 () tp
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Am Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 07:37:01PM -0000 schrieb Grant Edwards:

> >> My office setup had three screens, each with four virtual desktops.
> >> 
> >> When using multiple screens, you develop the habit of using one screen
> >> for common, always-on stuff (e.g. email, web browser) and the other
> >> screen(s) for working on code (or whatever).
> >
> > I found Enlightenment to be most versatile in this respect.  Unlike
> > say Plasma, which has two monitors locked on the same virtual
> > desktop and when you switch to another virtual desktop *both*
> > monitors flip over,
> 
> That's how all of virtual-desktop window managers I've tried over the
> decades work.

As a workaround within Plasma: set the window on your static monitor to show
on all virtual desktops. It won't even animate when you change the desktop.
I use this feature mostly with video players, and even set a window rule to
be applied automatically upon launching a player.

> > in Enlightenment each monitor can switch to a different virtual
> > desktop independently.

Awesome WM also does this independently on separate screens. Just tested it.

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