Bug#493963: xserver-xephyr: Allow starting Xephyr at other than 0,0 location

["Loïc Grenié" <loic.grenie@gmail.com>]

2008/8/6 Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>:
> Loic Grenie wrote:
>> There is a ``-origin'' option of Xephyr that is used in PanoramiX
>> mode but is ignored in non-PanoramiX mode. The following patch
>> sets the upper-left corner of the Xephyr window to the coordinates
>> specified as origin if PanoramiX is not activated.

> Could you open an upstream bug on bugzilla.freedesktop.org so that the
> upstream dev have a chance to look at your patch?

      I've a problem with upstream Xephyr: it does not compile on my
  machine. I've tracked the problem to a difference in the size of an
  integer (I think it is XID which is 32 bit in the library and 64 bit inside
  the server which is causing a conflict because Xephyr is both a
  client and a server).

    I can obviously open a bug and file a patch, but I cannot test it.

> Before doing so, you might want to check that Xephyr from experimental
> has the same problem

     Upstream git has misses that same feature (it is not so much a
  problem as a missing feature). I've not tested Xephyr from
  experimental, but I don't see how it could have that feature since it
  is neither present in freedesktop's Xephyr nor in Lenny's one.

> and that your patch still applies on top of upstream git master.

     My patch as is does not apply (because a function changed interface
  in between) but it is trivial to adapt.

    I'll try to submit to Freedesktop.

               Thanks,

                          Loïc