On Tue, 6 Nov 2012 14:46:14 -0800 Marc MERLIN <[email protected]> said:
> On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 07:26:40PM +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > Does anyone know how I can get e17 to deal those 4 screens as if it were a > > > single big one? > > > Is there a way to fake xinerama info with those newer X servers to make > > > e17 happy? > > > > there is. > > > > enlightenment -h | grep fake | grep xinerama > > > > oooooh. :) it's cmdline stuff because its only really meant to be used by > > developers for testing. :) > > Cool, I hadn't found that, thanks. > > I don't think I got it to work though. > > I have as per xdpyinfo > screen #0: > dimensions: 3840x2428 pixels (1300x822 millimeters) > > I ran: > /usr/bin/enlightenment_start -fake-xinerama-screen 1920x1200+0+0 > -fake-xinerama-screen 1920x1200+1920+0 -fake-xinerama-screen 1920x1200+0+1200 > -fake-xinerama-screen 1920x1200+1920+1200 > > But a pager in a shelf still only shows the windows for that shelf. > So what did the command above accomplish, or did I type it wrong? you told e that your root window is divided up into the screens you just listed - which is what it gext from randr or xinerama anyway. this is how e works. if you divide your root window up into these zones then each zone has its own array of virtual desktops and switches THAT zone and no others. if you want to fool e into thinking you have only 1 zne then provide only 1 on the cmdline. e automatically queries these xinerama/randr screen info and divides things up. this is what 99.9% of people want. each division is called a "zone" as its a region (zone) within a root window. e's term for this root window is a "manager" which has a single container in it. the container has N zones. each zone has NxM virtual desktops. the pager you place in a shelf or desktop on a zone switches desktops in that zone. > Thanks, > Marc > -- > "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R. > Microsoft is to operating systems .... > .... what McDonalds is to gourmet > cooking Home page: http://marc.merlins.org/ > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Central: Instant, anywhere, Remote PC access and management. Stay in control, update software, and manage PCs from one command center Diagnose problems and improve visibility into emerging IT issues Automate, monitor and manage. Do more in less time with Central http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein12331_d2d _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
