Re: Changing virtual screen size
On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 09:50:47PM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> On 05/06/02 Mark Roach did speaketh:
>
> > AFAIK the virtual size stays the same for the entire X session, only the
> > viewable resolution is changable via the ctrl-alt-+/- key combo. Unless
> > you have a need to change resolution on the fly a lot, you could create
> > two different scripts that invoke X with a different config file.
>
> This seems like a pretty serious limitation in XFree86, doesn't it? I
> mean, how often is one going to want to change screen resolution without
> changing the virtual desktop size? Most users would expect a (dare I say it)
> "windows-like" behaviour where this is handled automagickally.
>
> Mike
>
I guess I would call it more "potentially annoying" for a few cases, and
generally not a problem for the rest. Apparently it is difficult to make
it work with all the X toolkits as well as xinerama. At least they're
working on it.
-Mark
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