[haiku-appserver] Re: Dual-display

Adi Oanca <adioanca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> Mikael Jansson (mailing lists) wrote:
> > Usage scenario:
> > Three monitors available, M1, M2, M3.  M1 and M2 forms a wide 
> > monitor, 
> > called D1 (Display 1). M3 is D2.  I use D2 mainly on workspaces 1 
> > through 4, which is where I keep mail, web and IRC.  D1 is for 
> > development, where I need to see output, debugger, documentation 
> > and 
> > the actual code at the same time. I usually use it with workspaces 
> > 5 
> > through 8.  If I happen to activate workspaces 5 through 8 on D2 
> > (low-
> > res), I'll have a large virtual desktop I can use the mouse to pan 
> > in. 
> > On the other hand, if I use D1 on workspaces 1 through 4, only one 
> > of 
> > the monitors will be active (at least that's the naive solution.)
> > 
> > Is this what you guys had in mind, as well?
> 
>       Very much yes.
>       I have told you, you can have "Displays" that can span multiple 
> monitors and you can map/associate workspaces though/to "Displays" 
> just 
> like you said. However, as I told you the default behavior is for 
> every 
> "Display" to have 32 Workspaces available.
> 
I don't quite understand (perhaps a drawing would help?), but I'm 
confident you solve it in a way that's the most beneficial for us BeOS 
users and developers.

If not, code can always be rewritten... ;)

--
Mikael Jansson
http://mikael.jansson.be

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