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LCA: The X-men speakLCA: The X-men speakPosted Feb 22, 2013 11:30 UTC (Fri) by turol (guest, #29306)In reply to: LCA: The X-men speak by quintela Parent article: LCA: The X-men speak
For those who didn't get it, this is what I'd want and probaby also what quintela was after.
I have virtual desktops numbered 1-6. With one monitor I can switch the currently active desktop with either the (MATE desktop) selector widget or keyboard shortcuts.
Now assume I had two monitors: left and right. Currently the virtual desktops fill both monitors and switching changes both monitors.
Instead I'd like all the virtual desktops be the size of ONE screen. Then both screens can be switched independently. I could have virtual desktop 1 on the left and 2 or 3 on the right.
Mouse (and keyboard focus) would be on one monitor at a time and when I pressed hotkey to change desktops, the monitor where the mouse currently is would change.
Both monitors would have task bar with all the same widgets and menus but the task bar would contain only the programs on the current virtual desktop.
Fullscreening an app should make it fill one virtual desktop and starting a fullscreen OpenGL program should only fill one monitor.
As far as I know all of this is currently not possible.
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LCA: The X-men speak Posted Feb 22, 2013 11:45 UTC (Fri) by tnoo (subscriber, #20427) [Link]
Have you tried xmonad or awesome. I think both do all you described (and more).
LCA: The X-men speak Posted Feb 22, 2013 14:12 UTC (Fri) by turol (guest, #29306) [Link]
I don't want a tiling window manager. I want something that will seamlessly replace marco (MATE fork of metacity) and integrate with MATE desktop. There must also be an up-to-date Debian package.
Can awesome and xmonad do that?
LCA: The X-men speak Posted Feb 22, 2013 14:38 UTC (Fri) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]
Yes. It is possible to run MATE with either of these window managers. Debian might have not the latest packages however.
LCA: The X-men speak Posted Feb 22, 2013 14:50 UTC (Fri) by turol (guest, #29306) [Link]
I will have to look at these sometime. But I suspect I might get snagged by the OpenGL requirement especially since I need Nvidia binary drivers.
LCA: The X-men speak Posted Feb 23, 2013 5:01 UTC (Sat) by lsl (subscriber, #86508) [Link]
There is no OpenGL requirement for awesome or xmonad. Also, Debian's awesome package is well-maintained by awesome's original author.
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