Re: Multi-monitor behavior with Apple's X11.app
Re: Multi-monitor behavior with Apple's X11.app
- Subject: Re: Multi-monitor behavior with Apple's X11.app
- From: David Brown <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:52:33 -0800
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 08:17:39AM -0800, Craig Stein wrote:
> Unfortunately, OpenOffice or Gimp do not accept the -geometry option.
> Also, I notice that when launching some programs, their splash screens
> appear centered between the monitors. And with XMMS, the About window
> gets split.
This probably stems from Apple's and X11's very different idea of how to
drive multiple monitors. Traditionally, X11 used separate screens of a
display, and windows were on only one of the screens. Apple treats the
separate screens as one large workspace. Their X11 server (X11.app)
appears to transfer that illusion on to the clients.
Unfortunatley, there are some clients that try to display splash screens
and such in the center of the screen. That gives obviously unpleasant
results with two monitors. The obvious solution, is that you need to
use three monitors :-)
As far as window manager and application specifying location. The
applications can specify window placement hints to the window manager
when opening windows. Most window managers honor these hints, but they
are not required to. Some of the highly configurable window managers
can even be setup to override hints from certain applications.
Dave Brown
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