From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kp1xp-0005sa-7f for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:30:33 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CB51FE047E; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:30:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EF6DE047E for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:30:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5913464362 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:30:31 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -3.332 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.332 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.267, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id oG5TCWct1X2X for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:30:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BA2D643E8 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:30:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Kp1xY-0007dj-A3 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:30:17 +0000 Received: from 67-220-10-21.usiwireless.com ([67.220.10.21]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:30:16 +0000 Received: from grante by 67-220-10-21.usiwireless.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:30:16 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Xinerama vs TwinView for dual monitor setup Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:30:03 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <200810112334.10957.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <200810121004.34212.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 67-220-10-21.usiwireless.com User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1pl1 (Linux) Sender: news Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: f0577562-631c-41d5-8acb-0e52add71610 X-Archives-Hash: 2db76f71a85aefaf267172ae215975bc On 2008-10-12, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> Cons: >> >> * You can't drag a window from one display to the other. > > This is pretty much a requirement for how I like to do things > at work Two displays is probably not an option for you. > The rest of your pros and cons either suit me just fine or > don't feature at all. As for multiple desktops on a screen, I > would just dispend with this. I guess I don't know how anybody can get along conveniently with just one desktops. Perhaps other people don't get interrupted while working on one task and have to switch to a different task. Once I've got a desktop set up for the task at hand, I find it much easier to switch to a new desktop when I need to open up a bunch of new windows/programs to handle an interruption. > The one thing I really do want to do is launch a reply window > from kmail and drag it to the second monitor, where I use it > like it was a big sticky note scratch-pad. I do the same thing > with wiki pages, pdfs and other reference docs while working > on the main monitor (which itself tends have many windows > open on it). That's what I do: I usually have PDF documents, e-mails, web pages, etc. open on one screen while I work on code on the other. At other times I have code and build windows on one display and test-driver programs on the other. But, Instead of dragging things from one monitor to the other, I just open them where I want them. > I don't think I would be able to do this with your setup, > please correct me if I'm wrong? I'm not entirely sure what "this" is. I usually know where I'm going to want a window and I open on the appropriate display. -- Grant