Xinerama sucks

[James PIC]

Hi,

Is there any dwm-like WM that supports multiple screens but uses randr
instead of the Xinerama infamny? I think that randr is more useful
because of dynamic configuration support (ie. screen hotplug or
unplug).

Regards, James.

[Uriel]

If you think xinerama sucks, randr sucks even more.

http://www.modeemi.fi/~tuomov/b/2008/the_downfall_of_x/

Post by James PIC
Hi,
Is there any dwm-like WM that supports multiple screens but uses randr
instead of the Xinerama infamny? I think that randr is more useful
because of dynamic configuration support (ie. screen hotplug or
unplug).
Regards, James.

[Kris Maglione]

Post by Uriel
If you think xinerama sucks, randr sucks even more.
http://www.modeemi.fi/~tuomov/b/2008/the_downfall_of_x/

Tuomo is a crack pot.

[Uriel]

Post by Kris Maglione

Post by Uriel
If you think xinerama sucks, randr sucks even more.
http://www.modeemi.fi/~tuomov/b/2008/the_downfall_of_x/

Tuomo is a crack pot.

Perhaps, but what are the X.org folks then?

uriel

Post by Kris Maglione
--
Kris Maglione
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
       --Leonardo da Vinci

[Robert C Corsaro]

Post by Uriel

Post by Kris Maglione

Post by Uriel
If you think xinerama sucks, randr sucks even more.
http://www.modeemi.fi/~tuomov/b/2008/the_downfall_of_x/

Tuomo is a crack pot.

Perhaps, but what are the X.org folks then?
uriel

I think you are using the term crack pot improperly. The X.org folks
simply lack imagination.

Post by Uriel

Post by Kris Maglione
--
Kris Maglione
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
--Leonardo da Vinci

[Alexander Polakov]

Post by James PIC
Hi,
Is there any dwm-like WM that supports multiple screens but uses randr
instead of the Xinerama infamny?

awesome [1] and echinus [2] do.

[1] http://awesome.naquadah.org/
[2] http://www.rootshell.be/~polachok/code/

[Anselm R Garbe]

Post by James PIC
Is there any dwm-like WM that supports multiple screens but uses randr
instead of the Xinerama infamny? I think that randr is more useful
because of dynamic configuration support (ie. screen hotplug or
unplug).

dwm supports screen hot[un]plugging using Xinerama. To understand why
dwm doesn't hook directly onto Xrandr I recommend comparing Xrandr(3)
with Xinerama(3).

However all this legacy (Xlib, Xinerama) will be interfaced away from
dwm core soon, so that I don't care how people implement these
interfaces. There'll be an Xlib+Xinerama based reference
implementation though and I don't plan any other implementations at
this point. People might come up with pango and what not.

Perhaps Google's Chrome OS is worth checking once it'll be published
next week, so that we can make dwm based on something better than X
potentially. But time will show.

Kind regards,
Anselm