Selecting xinerama screen with mouse-follow
Hello, I'm running xmonad on a two screen xinerama setup. To start a new application (for example, xterm) on an empty screen, I need to select this screen with keyboard commands first, then press the keys combo for starting the terminal. If the target screen has one or more windows already, it is sufficient to select a window on this screen by moving the mouse, so the new application will start on that screen. Is there a way to select an empty screen by method of 'focus my mouse' so new applications will open on the screen where the mouse is, even if the screen is empty so the mouse will not focus any windows already there ?
Hi, Am Dienstag, den 13.01.2009, 09:14 +0100 schrieb Ico:
I'm running xmonad on a two screen xinerama setup. To start a new application (for example, xterm) on an empty screen, I need to select this screen with keyboard commands first, then press the keys combo for starting the terminal. If the target screen has one or more windows already, it is sufficient to select a window on this screen by moving the mouse, so the new application will start on that screen.
Is there a way to select an empty screen by method of 'focus my mouse' so new applications will open on the screen where the mouse is, even if the screen is empty so the mouse will not focus any windows already there ?
are you using the darcs version? sjanssen did some work on that last October. If not, please test these patches. Back then, I was having a two screen xinerama setup, and I thought I had some more issues. If the darcs version does not work for you, you can try to apply these patches: http://darcswatch.nomeata.de/20081008162906-23c07-9a4be29844dc335d040f482e20... (I’m not sure if they still apply cleanly) Greetings, Joachim -- Joachim "nomeata" Breitner mail: mail@joachim-breitner.de | ICQ# 74513189 | GPG-Key: 4743206C JID: nomeata@joachim-breitner.de | http://www.joachim-breitner.de/ Debian Developer: nomeata@debian.org
* On 2009-01-13 Joachim Breitner
Am Dienstag, den 13.01.2009, 09:14 +0100 schrieb Ico:
Is there a way to select an empty screen by method of 'focus my mouse' so new applications will open on the screen where the mouse is, even if the screen is empty so the mouse will not focus any windows already there ?
are you using the darcs version? sjanssen did some work on that last October. If not, please test these patches.
Back then, I was having a two screen xinerama setup, and I thought I had some more issues. If the darcs version does not work for you, you can try to apply these patches: http://darcswatch.nomeata.de/20081008162906-23c07-9a4be29844dc335d040f482e20... (I???m not sure if they still apply cleanly)
Thanks for the info, I'll give this a try. A few months ago I switched from darcs to the version provided by debian, but this funtionality would be a good reason to switch back to the development version. Thanks! -- :wq ^X^Cy^K^X^C^C^C^C
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