Hi Mathieu, Thank you for the explanation! I simplified the script I use to handle my monitor setup (it already used xrandr) to not do restarts anymore and it seems to work. I'm running 1.4.9-rc2 right now on my main machine and will report back in a couple of days.
Kind regards, Joren On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 11:46 AM, Mathieu Othacehe <m.othac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Joren, > > > what differences are there for a user? Will ratpoison somehow > automatically > > detect when another screen is plugged in or do we still have to use the > > 'restart' command? > > Yes, thanks to xrandr support, when a new screen is plugged and activated > (via xrandr(1) or any other tool based on xrandr), it is automatically > detected by ratpoison. > > You no longer have to use :restart command. You should be able to see > the new screen with :sdump command. This is also true for screen > rotation and resizing, no :restart is needed anymore. > > Xrandr patches had a quite big impact on ratpoison code, so it is also > imporant to test for eventual regressions ! > > Thanks in advance for testing :) > > Mathieu >
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