Comment 2 for bug 376848

Hi Johannes

I am thinking about your questions. I will have my 'profound
reflections' for next weekend. ;)

Cheers Martin

2009/5/16 Johannes Sasongko <email address hidden>:
> Continuing the discussion in bug 157429, what's the best way to handle
> multiple screens, in your opinion? I can think of several options:
>
> 1. Follow mouse (currently, as you described).
> 2. Follow active window.
> 3. Follow Exaile's main window.
> 4. Show in all screens.
> 5. Let user choose a screen.
>
> We have #1 just because of how the plugin is programmed; I don't think
> anyone likes it that way. #2 and #3 are probably not that useful.
>
> I'm guessing #4 and/or #5 make more sense. #4 looks like it requires
> creating multiple windows, so it's more complicated, but still doable.
>
> By the way, could you show me the output of the attached program, so I
> know how to handle multiple monitors correctly? GDK has this distinction
> between a "screen" and a "monitor", and honestly I don't know what they
> represent.
>
> ** Changed in: exaile
>   Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: exaile
>       Status: New => Confirmed
>
> ** Changed in: exaile
>     Assignee: (unassigned) => Johannes Sasongko (sjohannes)
>
> ** Attachment added: "display.py"
>   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26799349/display.py
>
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> 0.3: Desktop Cover Plugin changes screen on dual screen setup
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/376848
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