Re: [RP] support for multiple screens in ratpoison?

[shawn]

Mike Meyer <address@hidden> writes:

> address@hidden types:
> > > I've had as many as 4 X servers running today, I don't think I can get
> > > one to start on multiple screens to test it :-(.
> > For testing, "Xnest -scrns 3" gets you 3 windows which are :1.0 :1.1 :1.2,
> > and you can play with those at will...                              _Mark_
> 
> Cool. But the behavior is odd. If I run rp on Xnest servers inside of
> rp, it doesn't work. With multiple screens, rp exits with the error
> message "There can be only ONE." With one screen, keyboard events
> don't get to it. If I use lwm as the external window manager,
> ratpoison works. It even manages screens on multiple windows. However,
> it doesn't realize that it's *got* multiple screens. Forcing a window
> to the second screen unmaps anything on the first screen. Splitting
> the window results in a window on each screen, with half the screen
> unused, and focus takes you between those two windows, never hitting
> the empty spaces.
> 
> In short, it looks like it mostly works, and shouldn't be hard to
> fix. I'm not planning on doing it, though.

Well this is encouraging. I'd certainly like it to work on multi
headed servers. If I can get the above to work I'll be able to fix it
up. I've never been able to run with more than 1 screen.