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* different resolutions on different monitors
@ 2004-02-11 21:38 Chad Haynes
2004-02-11 23:10 ` Igor Pechtchanski
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From: Chad Haynes @ 2004-02-11 21:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-xfree
I am using 2 monitors, one with 1280x1024 and the other with 1024x768.
When I start the X server using the -multiwindow option then start an
app (such as xterm) the application always opens in the top corner of
the smaller monitor at a point where the top of the window is off the
screen. I can't get to the title bar to move the window so in order to
see everything I have to tile or cascade the windows which is a pain.
Is there some way to set the default location on the screen the windows
open?
Thanks for the help.
-Chad
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* Re: different resolutions on different monitors
2004-02-11 21:38 different resolutions on different monitors Chad Haynes
@ 2004-02-11 23:10 ` Igor Pechtchanski
2004-02-12 6:11 ` Earle F. Philhower III
2004-02-12 15:08 ` Chad Haynes
0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Igor Pechtchanski @ 2004-02-11 23:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-xfree
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Chad Haynes wrote:
> I am using 2 monitors, one with 1280x1024 and the other with 1024x768.
> When I start the X server using the -multiwindow option then start an
> app (such as xterm) the application always opens in the top corner of
> the smaller monitor at a point where the top of the window is off the
> screen. I can't get to the title bar to move the window so in order to
> see everything I have to tile or cascade the windows which is a pain.
This could be a bug in the -multiplemonitors implementation. Please post
the exact command you use to invoke XWin.exe.
> Is there some way to set the default location on the screen the windows
> open?
>
> Thanks for the help.
> -Chad
As a temporary workaround, look into the "-geometry" option that any X app
should support ('PAGER="less -p GEOMETRY" man X' should do it).
Igor
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* Re: different resolutions on different monitors
2004-02-11 23:10 ` Igor Pechtchanski
@ 2004-02-12 6:11 ` Earle F. Philhower III
2004-02-12 6:18 ` Earle F. Philhower III
2004-02-12 15:08 ` Chad Haynes
1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Earle F. Philhower III @ 2004-02-12 6:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-xfree
Howdy...
At 06:10 PM 2/11/2004 -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Chad Haynes wrote:
> > I am using 2 monitors, one with 1280x1024 and the other with 1024x768.
> > When I start the X server using the -multiwindow option then start an
> > app (such as xterm) the application always opens in the top corner of
> > the smaller monitor at a point where the top of the window is off the
> > screen. I can't get to the title bar to move the window so in order to
> > see everything I have to tile or cascade the windows which is a pain.
>This could be a bug in the -multiplemonitors implementation. Please post
>the exact command you use to invoke XWin.exe.
Actually, I think it's a feature. Chad's got a non-rectangular Windows
desktop: (Bad ASCII alert!) xxxxx x=monitor 1 1024x768
yyyyxxxxx y=monitor 2 1280x1024
yyyyxxxxx
What the rootless is doing is getting the max desktop extents from Windoze,
which gives (1024+1280)x1024. That becomes a window whose origin (0,0) is
off-screen, so when the current WM makes a new window (always @ X coord 0,0)
the upper bits of it are gone. The alternative is to take the min extents,
but then you wouldn't be able to move a window around freely on the bigger
monitor...
Does Xinerama allow non-rectangular root windows? Maybe there's something
in there to look at?
> > Is there some way to set the default location on the screen the windows
> > open?
>As a temporary workaround, look into the "-geometry" option that any X app
>should support ('PAGER="less -p GEOMETRY" man X' should do it).
Also, you can right-click on the X term window label in the taskbar, select
"Move", then *before touching the mouse* hit any arrow key. Then move the
mouse and the window will follow...
-Earle F. Philhower, III
earle@ziplabel.com
cdrlabel - ZipLabel - FlpLabel
http://www.cdrlabel.com
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* Re: different resolutions on different monitors
2004-02-12 6:11 ` Earle F. Philhower III
@ 2004-02-12 6:18 ` Earle F. Philhower III
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Earle F. Philhower III @ 2004-02-12 6:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-xfree
At 10:11 PM 2/11/2004 -0800, I wrote:
>Actually, I think it's a feature. Chad's got a non-rectangular Windows
>desktop: (Bad ASCII alert!) xxxxx x=monitor 1 1024x768
> yyyyxxxxx y=monitor 2 1280x1024
> yyyyxxxxx
Oops, make that "y=1024x768, x=1280x1024)...
-Earle F. Philhower, III
earle@ziplabel.com
cdrlabel - ZipLabel - FlpLabel
http://www.cdrlabel.com
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* Re: different resolutions on different monitors
2004-02-11 23:10 ` Igor Pechtchanski
2004-02-12 6:11 ` Earle F. Philhower III
@ 2004-02-12 15:08 ` Chad Haynes
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Chad Haynes @ 2004-02-12 15:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-xfree
Thanks everyone for the suggestions.
The command I am using to invoke XWin is just:
XWin -multiwindow -multimonitors
-Chad
Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Chad Haynes wrote:
>
>
>
>>I am using 2 monitors, one with 1280x1024 and the other with 1024x768.
>>When I start the X server using the -multiwindow option then start an
>>app (such as xterm) the application always opens in the top corner of
>>the smaller monitor at a point where the top of the window is off the
>>screen. I can't get to the title bar to move the window so in order to
>>see everything I have to tile or cascade the windows which is a pain.
>>
>>
>
>This could be a bug in the -multiplemonitors implementation. Please post
>the exact command you use to invoke XWin.exe.
>
>
>
>>Is there some way to set the default location on the screen the windows
>>open?
>>
>>Thanks for the help.
>>-Chad
>>
>>
>
>As a temporary workaround, look into the "-geometry" option that any X app
>should support ('PAGER="less -p GEOMETRY" man X' should do it).
> Igor
>
>
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