Best way of determining multiple monitor config?

[JM Ibanez]

Hamie <hamish at travellingkiwi.com> writes:

> Hi.
>
> What's the current recommended method of an application determining the 
> configuration of (Possibly) multiple monitor setup? Should I still use the 
> libXinerama calls? Or are there 'better' calls to use nowadays? 

As I understand it, the recommended way is via XRandR 1.2; although the
XRandR 1.2 extension does have Xinerama legacy support, XRandR 1.2 has
the added ability to detect runtime changes to the configuration (and
more accurate detection of monitor placement, etc.).

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JM Ibanez
Software Architect
Orange & Bronze Software Labs, Ltd. Co.

jm at orangeandbronze.com
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