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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    to Xinerama or not Xinerama -that- is the Question
From:       Andy <andy () vlaamse-kern ! com>
Date:       2005-02-14 22:20:13
Message-ID: 200502142320.13159.andy () vlaamse-kern ! com
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Hi

I am on dual head but I don't like xinerama because it doesn't allow enough 
customisation.  For instances it extends my background over my two monitors 
which is NOT pretty looking!  Also there is the taskbar/sidebar issue and 
when you switch virtual desktop it switches virtual desktops on the two heads 
on the same time.  

This is not to complain about xinerama but as a prologue to this:

I am running two instances of X+Kde (one for each head) and run into some 
'bummers'.

First of all when I drag an icon on the desktop, I am able to drag it all the 
way to the other screen.  This I Like!

When I try to do the same with a window it doesn't work!  Instead of going to 
the other head, it comes out on the oposite side of the same display.

Applications that are running on one K-Desktop and define global shortcut keys 
only work when that head is selected (like when my mouse is on that screen)

The window manager issue aside, I see in my DCOP browser that khotkeys has an 
instance running for each screen (khotkeys and khotkeys-screen-1)  Would it 
be possible to have khotkeys talk to itself on other screens to pass on what 
shortcuts where pressed?

Kind regards

Andy

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