On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 04:02:39 -0400, Brandon Allbery wrote:
I don't understand why large desktop is not so much common[...]
Window managers don't do it any more because X11 has had the ability to do it itself for some 10 years now (see the "Screen" section in xorg.conf, notably the "Viewport" declaration).
If I understand correctly, they're different. X server resolutions are fixed by the video card, and you can only choose one from them. E.g. in my case 1280x800, 800x600, etc. And X "viewport" happens if the _server_ resolution is bigger than the _monitor_ resolution. Large desktop is provided by window managers, and there's no limitation. It can be 10000x10000 or bigger. Unfortunately Sawfish's simple implementation limits it to 32767, which is a realisitic problem if you have several monitors. Thanks anyway. Teika (Teika kazura)