On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 07:54:40PM +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> > Ok, I found out yesterday that the e17 code for a huge display with fake
> > xinerama is broken and offsets things on other screens (I sent details with
> > screenshots to Raster directly).
> > Also, it seems to break the remember windows code too, so half of my many
> > terminals don't go back where I saved them (it was working with 4
> > independent screens).
>
> that looks like an xorg hw or config issue - not anything to do with e17. :)
New Xorgs don't have config files anymore, but I can't tell you it's not a
hardware bug. All I know is that without fake xinerama, it worked ok.
> you said you don't need or want virtual desktops... so why do you want a
> pager:?
> the pager controls VIRTUAL desktops. you want all 4 screens to be 1 big screen
Good question.
I like seeing my windows in the pager sometimes drag them, but I agree that
I do that seldom and don't really need the pager.
> with no virtual desktops... and you have that via fake-xinerama options.
> (beats
> me why u want that though - have 4 screens, each with as many virtual desktops
> as u like and place pagers in shelves in appropriate places - eg the top left,
> bottom-left,m top-right and bottom-right corners per screen. you can add and
> delete shelves as u like - u dont need to drag them around to have them on
> other screens).
You're correct that I don't need virtual desktops with 4 screen, and I
indeed don't have any.
Now that you convinced me that I actually don't really need a pager without
virtual screens (see, you didn't waste your time :) ), and there are clearly
problems with the fake xinerama config, I'll go back to using e17 the way
you intended :)
> > Otherwise, I still didn't quite find how I can add a simple 'lock' button to
> > my shelf. Is there not a way to have a run everything icon on a shelf and
> > have
> > it call xlock on disk as soon as I click on the icon?
>
> u can make an ibar with a custom desktop file (see applications settings) and
> point ibar to a custom launcher directory (also settings). why you want to do
> this and not just use e's built-in lock that can auto enable on screen blank,
> i
> don't know. the default binding to bring it up is ctrl+alt+l, so you dont need
> a button in the shelf for that - no gadget was ever provided as at least i
> never saw a good use for it due to there already being key bindings and it
> auto
> enabling on blank anyway. :)
Lock on blank doesn't work in a corp environment when your screen needs to
be locked now.
With E16 I had a 'lock' epplet that did that.
I know E17 can have a hotkey, maybe I'll get myself used to using that, I
was just curious how to have a 'one click here to lock' button since I've
been doing this for so many years.
Thanks for your answers.
Marc
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