[xmonad] Multiple monitors of different shapes and sizes?

wagnerdm at seas.upenn.edu wagnerdm at seas.upenn.edu
Thu Jul 16 22:30:36 EDT 2009


Quoting Gareth McCaughan <gareth.mccaughan at pobox.com>:

> How (if at all) does xmonad cope with being run on a system with
> two monitors of different resolutions? The FAQ entry about multiple
> monitors says, if I've understood right, that you get one workspace
> on each monitor; so is everything in a workspace liable to get resized
> if it's switched from one monitor to the other, and if so how painful
> is that in practice?

Yes, exactly.  And I don't find it painful at all.  In fact, I find  
that in my typical use, windows never switch from one screen to the  
other; I have distinct uses for each monitor.  YMMV, of course.
Cheers,
~d


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