Re: [dwm] Xinerama support

On Dec 10, 2007 4:11 AM, Chris 'Ducky' Chapin <ducky_AT_duckpond.org> wrote:

>
> This is sort of what I've done. I run dwm at work with a 2 head xinerama
> setup, so added a side attribute to the client struct and added a
> function to toggle it. Then I just copied and adjusted the tile function
> to display 2 mains and 2 stacks mirrored. This what a coworker has
> dubbed the dumbbell layout: "[]==[]". =)
>
> -Ducky
>

I don't have a multi-head setup but I have used some at work. I think most
of the time I had a notion of a primary screen and a secondary screen. Given
that, I think it will be useful to designate one screen as the master screen
displaying only master windows (with adjustable number of columns, I think a
default of two is good) and the other screen as a stack screen with a
multiple columns (I think three will be a good default). The rest remains
the same except probably, restricting windows not to extend to the other
screen automatically.

Ritesh

> Maarten Maathuis wrote:
> > A shared tagging setup, but a flag to indicate primary or secondary
> head.
> > Sort of like adding an extra dimension to dwm.
> >
> > Maarten.
> >
> > On 12/9/07, Anselm R. Garbe <arg_AT_suckless.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi there,
> >>
> >> could you imagine that there is a way that dwm could be used in
> >> a Xinerama environment and how that might look like?
> >> Regardless if that is necessary or not for mainstream dwm,
> >> I see the following possibilities:
> >>
> >> - aim multihead setup (distinct bars, tag sets and layouts for
> >> each screen)
> >>
> >> - extend tile() into tile2() and tile3(), where tile2 assumes
> >> one screen as master area (with the bar), and one screen as
> >> stacking area (note, setmwfact won't have any effect here), and
> >> tile3() would do similiar, but the third screen would be
> >> stacking area as well.
> >>
> >> Are there other ideas?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> --
> >> Anselm R. Garbe >< http://www.suckless.org/ >< GPG key: 0D73F361
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
Received on Mon Dec 10 2007 - 14:22:42 UTC