RE: Problem with Multi-Monitor Mode (Win XP) and size of remote X-Windows

[sbaker at mail dot fdn dot com]

The way that works for me with dual monitors is using a separate window
manager.  The relevant parts of my startxwin.bat;

REM run XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error
run XWin
REM run twm
run openbox
run xsetroot -solid aquamarine4

This way I get OpenBox in a window, which I use on the second monitor.  So
now have winXP on one side (monitor), Cygwin on the other.  It makes it
easier for me to switch gears in thinking when the two OS environments are
physically separate.

Have Fun :-)
Sterling


-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Gottwald [mailto:alexander.gottwald@s1999.tu-chemnitz.de] 
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 5:56 AM
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Problem with Multi-Monitor Mode (Win XP) and size of remote
X-Windows

On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, chris schlund wrote:

> when i export my display from my linux box to my xp box i got problems 
> with the heigth/width of several application windows
> ( e.g. yast2, eclipse3 (some message boxes),..). these apps opens a 
> windows which fully fills up both monitors.
> i dont know anything about X and if i address the right mailing list 
> with that problem, but there must be some functions like
> GetDisplayHeigth() and GetDisplayWidth() and I think these function
> returns the overall size over both monitors.
> wouldn't it be a better idea to return only heigth/width of current 
> monitor (whichever this is).

Cygwin/X creates a work area which includes the whole desktop. This in
result is the only monitor (or screen in X11 terms) the xserver knows 
about and therefore a distinction between the two monitors in X11 is 
not possible unless someone starts working on xinerama support in Cygwin/X.

bye
	ago
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