On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 10:14:38 -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > On 8/31/23 10:01, Vladimir Dergachev wrote: > > I don't know exactly why they named things as they did. One > > possibility is that the idea was that a display could consist of > > several physical devices, like an airport display for arrivals and > > deparatures. > > I don't either, but > https://www.x.org/wiki/guide/concepts/#displaysandscreens is an > attempt to explain what those names mean now.
I think https://www.x.org/wiki/guide/extensions/#randrandxinerama is a more relevant section of the page: "if your applications desire knowledge of the screen layout ..." > -- > -Alan Coopersmith- > alan.coopersm...@oracle.com Oracle Solaris Engineering - > https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris
