Multiple Monitors, Same Workspaces

[Clayton Shepard]

Well it certainly isn't a checkbox...  and I haven't found any tutorials on
it.

It seems like it may need so driver cooperation too.  Does X already have
the ability to add viewpoints to an existing instance?

Thanks,

-Clay


P.S.  Should have been "I don't believe this has" on that last email...

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Marius Gedminas <marius at gedmin.as> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 08:06:34AM -0500, Clayton Shepard wrote:
> > http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/11787/
> >
> > Basically in a multiple monitor setup I would like each monitor to be a
> > viewport to the same instance of X and same set of workspaces.  Each
> monitor
> > could view any available workspace independently of the other monitors.
>  If
> > two monitors are displaying the same workspace then their views are
> cloned.
> > GDM and Compiz already handle windows larger than workspaces as well as
> > windows spanning workspaces which would make this setup very, very,
> > versatile.
> >
> > I think the brainstorm has a more elaborate description; hopefully you
> > understand what I am trying to convey.
> >
> > So I guess basically my question is what would it take to do this, and is
> it
> > possible?
>
> I'm sure Compiz could do this, in theory.
>
> (This is actually what I initially expected when I first started
> experimenting with dual-head.)
>
> Marius Gedminas
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