Suggestions for properly abstracting multiple screens.
JoJo jojo
onetwojojo at gmail.com
Fri Feb 22 09:27:39 PST 2008
Hi Tiago
what is the status of your XAT project, what issues are you facing currently ?
-JoJo
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 9:52 PM, Tiago Vignatti <vignatti at c3sl.ufpr.br> wrote:
> Maarten Maathuis escreveu:
>
> > Currently multiple screens are not handled in the prettiest way. I
> > have some suggestions how it could handled in a sane way.
> >
> > Create a root window for every physical screen, with it's own
> > framebuffer. In normal situations use that window and expose that to
> > applications.
> >
> > Allow "fake" windows to superimposed over multiple root windows, this
> > could be used if a user wants to treat two screens as one.
> >
> > Some "rules":
> >
> > - Don't try hacks like xinerama.
> > - Only expose real screens to rendering backends.
> > - Use screen coordinates in most of the server, only using the "fake"
> > windows when deciding how to clip pictures, when communicating with
> > clients, etc.
> >
> > Any thoughts on this?
>
> http://www.c3sl.ufpr.br/multiseat/xat/
>
> Maybe Xat is related-ish with this all.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Tiago Vignatti
> C3SL - Centro de Computação Científica e Software Livre
> www.c3sl.ufpr.br
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