Re: [wmii] Dual-monitor setup

Here's a script that seems to work with 3.5

#!/bin/sh

if [ $1 == '0' ]; then
  address=unix!/tmp/ns.$USER.:0/wmii
else
  address=unix!/tmp/ns.$USER.:0.$1/wmii
fi
if [ `wmiir -a $address ls /client | wc -l` -eq "0" ]; then
  # no clients open, just warp to upper left corner
  swarp -d :0.$1 0 0
else
  client=`wmiir -a $address read /client/sel/ctl`
  client_info=`wmiir -a $address read /tag/sel/index | grep $client`
  col=`echo $client_info | awk '{ print $1}'`
  y=`echo $client_info | awk '{ print $3}'`
  x=`wmiir -a $address read /tag/sel/index | grep "^# $col" | awk '{
print $3 }'`
  swarp -d :0.$1 $[$x+5] $[$y+5] # the +5 is to avoid those little
column resizing handles
fi

On 10/18/07, sqweek <sqweek_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> Something ancient like 3.1. See /tag/sel/index for the relevant
> information in recent versions.
> -sqweek
>
> On 10/18/07, Joseph Xu <josephzxu_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> > What version of wmii is this? I don't have the /view/ directory or the
> > geom files.
> >
> > On 10/8/07, dragan dimitrijevic <dragandm_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> > > This may not apply to your version of wmii but you can use the same
> > > principle:
> > >
> > > address=unix!/tmp/ns.$USER.:0.$display/wmii
> > > view=`wmiir -a $address read /view/name`
> > > x=`wmiir -a $address read /$view/sel/sel/geom | awk '{ print $1}'`
> > > y=`wmiir -a $address read /$view/sel/sel/geom | awk '{ print $2}'`
> > > DISPLAY=:0.$display wmiiwarp $x $y
> > >
> > > Moving from one screen to the other will warp the mouse to the last selected
> > > window.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10/7/07, Jakob <jakob_AT_pipefour.org> wrote:
> > > > I've had more than one request for my dual-monitor wmii configuration,
> > > > so I thought I'd send it out to the list.
> > > >
> > > > Instead of using Xinerama or two completely different X sessions, I use
> > > > a single X session with two screens. This allows you to natively move
> > > > the cursor from monitor to monitor and share the clipboard between the
> > > > two without having to use additional software like Synergy. I use a
> > > > dual-output nVidia video card, though this method might/should work if
> > > > you have two separate cards.
> > > >
> > > > Relevant xorg.conf sections:
> > > >
> > > > http://pipefour.org/wmii/xorg.conf
> > > >
> > > > This will allow you to start a single X session with two screens, : x.0
> > > > and :x.1. So, if this is the first X session on the box, you can start
> > > > programs on both :0.0 (the left monitor) and :0.1 (the right one).
> > > >
> > > > Then, to start two instances of wmii, I have this in my .xinitrc (or
> > > > .xsession, depending on your system):
> > > >
> > > > DISPLAY=:0.0 wmii &
> > > > DISPLAY=:0.1 exec wmii
> > > >
> > > > This can probably be made better so the :0 isn't hardcoded, and so the
> > > > second instance isn't just exec'd. This means that if you exit the
> > > > first session, the second wmii will still keep going. If you exit the
> > > > second one, your entire X session dies regardless of the other wmii
> > > > instance.
> > > >
> > > > I also have a slightly modified version of swarp to allow me to easily
> > > > switch back and forth between my two monitors using hotkeys. In its
> > > > current form, it only uses the current display, so I changed it to allow
> > > > you to use -d to specify the display (again, this could be cleaned up):
> > > >
> > > > http://pipefour.org/wmii/swarp.c
> > > >
> > > > And then in my wmiirc:
> > > >
> > > > Key $MODKEY-Control-Shift-$RIGHT
> > > > swarp -d :0.1 840 525
> > > > Key $MODKEY-Control-Shift-$LEFT
> > > > swarp -d :0.0 640 515
> > > >
> > > > Yes, those are the hard-coded coordinates of the center of each of my
> > > > screens. If you find a better solution, please tell me :).
> > > >
> > > > As my original email said, there's a bug in the current wmii snap with
> > > > focus after closing a window, so the focus consistently goes to the
> > > > wrong monitor with my setup. If you find this to be too annoying, the
> > > > previous snap (20070516) worked fine.
> > > >
> > > > Hope this helps,
> > > > Jakob
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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Received on Thu Oct 18 2007 - 20:17:48 UTC