Maybe Xfce 4.2?

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Post #240,994

by Another Scott

1/11/06 11:23:56 AM

Maybe Xfce 4.2?

I can't quite tell from the writeup [link|http://www.xfce.org/index.php?page=overview&lang=en|here], but it sounds like it might be possible.

Window manager (xfwm4)

The Xfce 4 window manager. It manages the placement of application windows on the screen, provides window decorations and manages workspaces or virtual desktops. Xfwm4 natively supports multihead mode. It provides its own compositing manager (a manager for the Xorg Composite extension, which brings true transparency to the Xfce desktop). The themes support image composition with PNG images as layers, which means that one can do gradients or anything else, and that applies to any pixmap that make the window frame. Xfwm4 includes a keyboard shorcuts editor. Moreover, users can shade windows and switch desktops using the mouse wheel.

I've seen other people asking about the same thing as you, in 2004, but haven't seen a solution posted.

Luck!

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #241,011

1/11/06 1:48:37 PM

1/12/06 11:27:41 AM

Thanks, that *does* look promising..or not

Though in a quick Google I can't find out what they mean by that snippet. But having one desktop manager managing multiple screens at least creates an architecture where what I want is possible.

I'll look around more later.

Thanks,
Ben

Update: I spent some time trying to find documentation and couldn't. Then I looked at their mailing list archive and everything that I found discussing dual head setups strongly suggests that their integrated multiscreen support boils down to stuff like, "When you maximize an application, it only should cover one screen." I will still join their mailing list and ask whether it can do what I want, but I'm not very hopeful.

Update 2: From responses on the mailing list, it is definitely not possible. :-(

I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)

Edited by ben_tilly Jan. 12, 2006, 12:42:21 AM EST

Edited by ben_tilly Jan. 12, 2006, 11:27:41 AM EST

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Dual desktops, to same set of virtual desktops? - (ben_tilly) - (47) - Jan. 4, 2006, 06:08:54 PM EST

I haven't found anything. - (folkert) - (35) - Jan. 10, 2006, 11:49:17 PM EST

Thanks for trying - (ben_tilly) - (31) - Jan. 11, 2006, 02:30:41 AM EST

Brute-force method - (drewk) - (30) - Jan. 11, 2006, 09:33:40 AM EST

That solves the wrong problem - (ben_tilly) - (29) - Jan. 11, 2006, 11:15:39 AM EST

Punt - (drewk) - (28) - Jan. 11, 2006, 12:08:00 PM EST

Ironic - (ben_tilly) - (27) - Jan. 11, 2006, 01:46:42 PM EST

No reply would have been better than #240993. IMHO. -NT - (Another Scott) - (26) - Jan. 11, 2006, 01:50:51 PM EST

Can you explain why? - (ben_tilly) - (25) - Jan. 11, 2006, 06:33:37 PM EST

Clarification - (drewk) - (4) - Jan. 11, 2006, 07:07:40 PM EST

Can you tell me how... - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Jan. 11, 2006, 09:47:41 PM EST

I think this is clearer. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Jan. 11, 2006, 10:13:41 PM EST

Yes, that is clearer - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 11, 2006, 10:18:35 PM EST

It's an "instance" problem - (drewk) - Jan. 12, 2006, 09:44:14 AM EST

Why people get pissed off at you: - (admin) - (17) - Jan. 11, 2006, 07:27:44 PM EST

Try to word my ideal response - (ben_tilly) - (16) - Jan. 11, 2006, 10:10:38 PM EST

I did... - (admin) - (1) - Jan. 11, 2006, 10:40:20 PM EST

Not quite - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 11, 2006, 11:27:59 PM EST

Been meaning to ask - (drewk) - (13) - Jan. 13, 2006, 09:58:28 PM EST

WTF is that supposed to mean? -NT - (ben_tilly) - (12) - Jan. 13, 2006, 10:55:17 PM EST

Lighten up, Francis[1] - (drewk) - (8) - Jan. 13, 2006, 11:09:02 PM EST

None of which I have seen - (ben_tilly) - (7) - Jan. 14, 2006, 01:08:29 AM EST

You've never seen *any* of them? - (drewk) - (6) - Jan. 14, 2006, 01:12:29 AM EST

I don't watch TV, remember? -NT - (ben_tilly) - (4) - Jan. 14, 2006, 01:25:13 AM EST

Two were movies, and yes I remember - (drewk) - (3) - Jan. 14, 2006, 02:05:10 AM EST

Well next time please do - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Jan. 14, 2006, 02:56:42 AM EST

Ben, you and I both had somewhat eclectic upbringings - (boxley) - Jan. 14, 2006, 09:22:57 AM EST

Didn't mean to - (drewk) - Jan. 14, 2006, 10:58:09 AM EST

maybe the same planet I'm from 'cause - (cforde) - Jan. 14, 2006, 03:13:52 AM EST

Nanu, nanu! -NT - (admin) - (1) - Jan. 14, 2006, 12:04:34 AM EST

Shazbot! -NT - (Yendor) - Jan. 14, 2006, 11:21:31 AM EST

Jesus wept - (broomberg) - Jan. 14, 2006, 01:00:14 AM EST

My $0.02. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Jan. 11, 2006, 07:44:43 PM EST

Thanks, that helps -NT - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 11, 2006, 10:15:51 PM EST

What about VNC? - (bepatient) - (2) - Jan. 11, 2006, 10:24:38 AM EST

How could that possibly work? - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Jan. 11, 2006, 10:59:05 AM EST

nope, you're correct - (bepatient) - Jan. 11, 2006, 11:40:20 AM EST

Maybe Xfce 4.2? - (Another Scott) - (1) - Jan. 11, 2006, 11:23:56 AM EST

Thanks, that *does* look promising..or not - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 12, 2006, 11:27:41 AM EST

s/linux/osx/g I know, solving wrong problem :-) -NT - (boxley) - (8) - Jan. 12, 2006, 09:16:35 AM EST

You can't do what I want with OS X, either. -NT - (ben_tilly) - (7) - Jan. 12, 2006, 10:52:48 AM EST

perhaps you are right but from your description - (boxley) - (6) - Jan. 12, 2006, 11:33:52 AM EST

Read the description again - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Jan. 12, 2006, 11:43:34 AM EST

Can you simulate what you want? - (Another Scott) - (1) - Jan. 12, 2006, 11:56:09 AM EST

It is closer to... - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 12, 2006, 01:35:50 PM EST

From what I'm reading.... - (Simon_Jester) - (2) - Jan. 12, 2006, 02:04:30 PM EST

That part of it is very doable - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 12, 2006, 01:51:07 PM EST

An alternate approach (new thread) - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 12, 2006, 05:11:00 PM EST

I can use his toes to plug my holes.
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