On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:

Most window managers assume that if you're using Xinerama, that's what you want --- because that's what Xinerama *does*.  If you want them separate, disable Xinerama.

But without Xinerama don't you lose a ton of basic functionality, like the ability to migrate windows between screens? Daniel Wagner's module could deal with that constraint, but xmonad's "shared pool of workspaces" idiom sure as hell couldn't. -- Fred

Excerpts from Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH's message of Tue Feb 24 18:26:25 -0700 2009:

Most window managers aren't really well thought out when it comes to multiple monitors; many of my coworkers use window managers that think the appropriate way to display a centered dialog under Xinerama is to split it across all the monitors! (color me "wtf?" --- who could ever have thought that was rational?!)

Well 1/2 is a friendly rational.... ;) But seriously though, independent screens is a great addition to the line up, imo. It'll be even better when someday we also offer the 'some bound to screens, some free semantics', too. I'd get frustrated if,for example, I couldn't make pdfs visible on whatever screen I want without moving them, but can understand wanting some workspaces banned from some screens, e.g. when monitors are very different resolutions or aspect ratios. Or just cause someone likes it that way. Plenty of people have asked for something like this; it's good to have something on offer. -- wmw