[Xmonad] Darcs patch [1/2]: Implement screen map for physical monitor order not matching Xinerama order

Spencer Janssen sjanssen at cse.unl.edu
Mon Oct 22 17:28:51 EDT 2007


On Wednesday 17 October 2007 15:00:19 Klaus Weidner wrote:
> Implement screen map for physical monitor order not matching Xinerama order
>
>  The internal screen numbering scheme used by Xinerama is arbitrary and may
> not match the physical order of monitors as attached by the user. This can
> lead to the mod-w/e/r switch hotkey doing the switches in a nonintuitive
> way.
>
>  This patch implements a mapping that allows correcting this ordering in a
>  central place, rather than modifying the key bindings directly.
>
>  See also: separate DynamicLog patch to fix the Xinerama format display to
> match
>
> [ This is my first attempt at using darcs, and also at writing Haskell,
>   please give me feedback if I'm doing this wrong! ]

What advantages does this have over editing the keybindings directly?


Cheers,
Spencer Janssen



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