On Sun, 21 Sep 2014 08:47:15 +0200 Tassilo Horn <[email protected]> said: > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[email protected]> writes: > > Hi Carsten, > > >> 1. How can I configure my shelve so that it is always displayed on the > >> primary output? Whenever I use an external monitor, that's should be > >> the primary one and I'd prefer if the shelve was shown there instead > >> of the secondary output (the laptop LCD). > > > > e has some internal logic to decide screen number (sorting etc.) - or > > well it used to with xinerama - it'd sort with the screen with the > > most pixels on it == screen 0 (primary) and in some cases you'll find > > your primary screen switches around on addition of a new monitor - but > > i think somewhere along the way this was dropped just taking whatever > > randr say the screen numbers are to avoid weird moving-around of > > stuff. > > Hm, yesterday while playing arount with xrandr (the cmd line tool) I > managed to switch the shelve to the external monitor somehow. So it's > possible although the simple > > xrandr --output HDMI1 --right-of eDP1 --auto --primary > > didn't suffice. > > >> 2. How can I move a window from one output to the other? I've tried the > >> "To Next Screen"/"To Previous Screen" actions in the "Window: Moving" > >> category of the Key Bindings but that doesn't work. I guess that's > >> probably for real X screens which nowadays nobody uses anymore... > > > > no it doesn't mean that. it means what you think. window:moving - move > > to next screen / move to previous screen .. work for me. not virtual > > desktops... to screen - like monitor. i just tested it. > > Hm, it surely didn't work for me. I'll give it...
well i tried it and it worked. beats me why it doesnt for you unless you have multihead > > you can move windows also by just dragging them across to the other > > screen > > I also tried dragging with the mouse without luck. But note that I > still haven't learned any mouse bindings, so I'll have to give it > another try again. you dont need mouse bindings. click titlebar - move window over to other screen. unless you are using multihead (multiple root windows) this will work. if you are using multihead... you'll never be able to do this. windows cant move between root windows at the x11 level here. > > or use the pager to do it (dnd mini window from pager on one screen to > > the pager on the other). > > Ah, I didn't know I could do that. > > > also menu "move to.." select screen + desktop to send the window too > > (alt+right mouse on menu or clikc icon on titlebar). > > That's also new to me. > > >> 3. Is there some Xrandr config tool for enlightenment? The Screen setup > >> settings don't work too well for me. Especially, I frequently have > > > > screen setup is the tool. otherwise use xrandr (it's a cmdline tool 0 not > > part of e - part of x11 tools). > > Yeah, I simply wrote me a do-what-i-mean shell script using xrandr. > > Thanks, > Tassilo > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
