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Re: X server with multiple Windows desktops
- From: Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum dot mit dot edu>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 10:22:39 -0700
- Subject: Re: X server with multiple Windows desktops
- References: <AANLkTinTdZhYpqd+Kzyu55d8h3G04JSW3Mftz6mzBqP=@mail.gmail.com> <4CE67BFB.2020303@dronecode.org.uk>
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On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Jon TURNEY <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> wrote:
> On 16/11/2010 20:37, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
>> Is there any way for the X server to recognize these as four different
>> desktops, so I could, for example, open an Xterm explicitly on a given
>> desktop, for example:
>>
>> ? ?xterm -display localhost:0.1
>
> From reading the description of how that works, I would guess you should be
> able to start an instance of the X server with a different display number in
> each virtual desktop.
>
> e.g. in your 2nd desktop, start X (however you do that) with :1, and then use
> xterm -display :1 to connect to it.
Thanks, Jon. I switched to VirtuaWin which behaves much better.
- Jim
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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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