On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 10:30:12AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Matt Price wrote: > > > >In it, the author discusses a new "presenter tools" view in MS office, > >which lets you see extra information on your laptop screen that isn't > >passed on to the projector (this is for powerpoint, obviously). > > > >This is something I would LOVE to emulate in openoffice "impress" > >presentation software on debian. I wonder whether it might be > >possible to do something tricky with X that makes this possible -- > >like, say, run one X session on the projector, a different one on the > >laptop lcd, and then remotely access the projector screen from within > >the laptop x session? Does this sound plausible > > > >I'd love to hear opinions. > > > Sounds like it should work. > > Another idea might be to configure your laptop to use the projector as a > second head, and configure X as a dual-head setup. Then you only have > one X session, but you can move the Impress window to the second head > (projector). Of course that means you'll have to watch the projection > screen to follow along with your own presentation, so your method is > probably better.
so, question: Is it actually possible to run a different X session on the projector? On reflection, it seems impossible, since the projector gets its signal from the laptop video out; if it's configured as a dual-head setup, I getthe problem you described; otherwise, the projector is a simple mirror of what happens on the lcd screen. Or do the vast complexities of x hide possibilities I haven't dreamed of (well, I know they do, but possibilities that would HELP me here...)? thx as always, m > > /Kent > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
