On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 9:42 AM Mandar Mitra <mandar.mi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Browsing around FVWM3's git repo, and looking at > https://github.com/fvwmorg/fvwm3/blob/main/dev-docs/NEW-COMMANDS.md#hierarchy-and-specification > in particular, it seems like fvwm3 will allow me to have independent > desktops with appropriate geometries on Screen1 and Screen2. >
This is a bit better page to describe how to migrate from fvwm2 to fvwm3: https://github.com/fvwmorg/fvwm3/discussions/878 Fvwm3 multi-monitor support is quite good and there are lots of improvements in both how multiple monitors can be used and dealing with monitors with different resolutions. > I haven't been able to figure out how to do this with FVWM2, so if some kind > soul could please confirm that this is possible with FVWM3, I'll take the > plunge and migrate. > > Somewhat related questions: > > 1. The NEW-COMMANDS.md page states "Desktops are linear in their arrangement. > There is no concept of pages within a desktop (as there is with FVWM2)." Is > that information correct? Or is this something left over from early design > discussions? > This is about how the data structure stores monitors (though this has changed recently), and not about the pages or setup for the user. Pages and Desks work just the same in fvwm3 as fvwm2. Though you may find that you want your pages to have a single column/row (depending on how your monitors are setup) if you use EdgeScroll. > 2. The picture on the NEW-COMMANDS.md page shows that the Desktops on Screen1 > have different geometries. Is that really possible? Or shouldn't I take that > "literally"? > Yes, you can have different resolutions. I think you may run into issues using DesktopConfiguration shared with different resolutions, but DesktopConfiguration per-monitor will work just fine. jaimos
