[openbeos] Re: OBOS Poll: Multiple Monitor Support
- From: François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 22:38:25 +0100 (MET)
Well, multiple monitor support this way is near doable already with stock R5...
except only user 1 will be able to work :^)
That is app_server can be instanciated more than once, and it will open the
next available device.
apps can be told to use another app_server using
export APP_SERVER_NAME=matisse (or whatever)
from the shell
The only trick is input_server only wants to talk to the first instance of
app_server, so the apps on the other ones can only be controlled roughly with
hey, but not interactively :-(
En réponse à Rob Tijssen <rob.tijssen@xxxxxxx>:
> Multiuser support and multiple monitor/keyboard/mouse support:
> everyone gets his own userspace on the desktop with its own
> deskbar????????????
>
> just an idea :^)
>
> Rob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donovan Schulteis" <deej@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 12:24 AM
> Subject: [openbeos] Re: OBOS Poll: Multiple Monitor Support
>
>
> > > If you only going to support one of those
> > > modes, make it so every monitor have it's
> > > own workspace and make sure that there is
> > > NO such thing as a hardcoded default monitor.
> > [...]
> >
> > On a somewhat related note that I just thought of... don't know what
> > the technical possibilities of this are, but herewego...
> >
> > Make desktop icons attach to a particular workspace. It would
> look/be
> > rather redundant to have 4 monitors with 4 different workspaces and
> 4
> > different backgrounds running 4 different applications, all with the
> > same icons on the desktop. If it was possible, only show the volume
> > icons (drives, home, etc) in workspace 1 (default at boot as of R5),
> > but have any icon you drag onto the desktop attach itself to only
> that
> > workspace it is dropped in.
> >
> > I suppose an option would be best (drop it and answer a "This
> Workspace
> > or All Workspaces" dialog). If that is also possible, then Drives
> and
> > other workspace1 icons should also have that choice.
> >
> > Not to make things even more complicated. :P Sorry for the extra
> > post. :)
> >
> > Deej
> >
> >
>
>
>
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