Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't paste from selection in gtk-3 apps

["J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>]

On Friday 18 September 2015 14:34:26 Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2015-09-18, J. Roeleveld <joost@antarean.org> wrote:
> >>> echo $DISPLAY returns the same on both desktops.
> >> 
> >> That is a single X11 screen spread across two physical monitors.  It
> >> will not exhibit the gtk-3 selection bug.
> >> 
> >> Are you sure you have two desktops and it's not just a single desktop
> >> that is spread across two monitors?  Can you drag a window from one
> >> monitor to the other?  If you can, then it's a single desktop.
> > 
> > Yes, I can.
> > When I maximize a window, it's only on 1 screen.
> > 
> > This is how it seems "right" to me.
> 
> Then by all means continue to use it that way.  That's how most people
> seem to like it.
> 
> > Why would I want it to be different?  Eg. windows can't be moved
> > between screens? I don't see the point of having more than 1 screen
> > in that case.
> 
> I like having separate screens because the window manager I use
> (xfwm4) supports multiple virtual workspaces for each screen (4 per
> screen by default).  I find it very useful to be able to flip one
> screen to a different workspace while leaving the others unaffected.
> That allows me, for example, to leave email and web-browser up on one
> screen while switching the other two back and forth between multiple
> tasks/projects. (I am rarely allowed to work uninterrupted for long
> periods on a single task.)
> 
> Not being able to move windows between screens is an inconvenience,
> but for me it's well worth it to get independently switchable virtual
> workspaces on each screen.

To "simulate" that, I occasionally set a window to be on all virtual 
workspaces.
Does that only work when you have the displays seperate like you do? As that 
would be convenient and is something I actually miss.

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Joost