[Sugar-devel] External Display on Sugar

[Sam Parkinson]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 12:03 AM, Gustavo Duarte <gus.duarte at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Hi Sam,
> 
> I'm not sure if I'm understand this sentence:
> 
> >>> So maybe you are limited to mirroring the displays?
> 
> You means, the only option in Sugar is the mirroring display mode, is 
> it right ?

Yes.  If the sugar shell supported multi-display mode, there would need 
to be code in the shell.  But there is not.

In comparison, surely mirroring displays is just handled by X11 or 
something?

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 5:28 PM, Sam Parkinson 
> <sam.parkinson3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Gustavo,
>> 
>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 12:55 AM, Gustavo Duarte 
>> <gus.duarte at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> On Sugar 0.107 on Ubuntu running on a "standar'" laptop, when 
>>> connect an
>>> external monitor to HDMI port, the Desktop AREA is only ONE.
>>> 
>>> One part of the Desktop area is showed on a display laptop an other 
>>> part
>>> is showed on external monitor.
>>> 
>>> I would like to have two Desktop areas, one to be showed on laptop
>>> display and the other on external monitor.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In Ubuntu, i can achieve this setup running a command like:
>>> 
>>> xrandr --output HDMI1 --auto --right-of eDP1
>>> 
>>> 
>>> When I run this command in Sugar, the external monitor turn ON, but 
>>> I
>>> have only one Desktop AREA.
>>> 
>>> Is it possible configure Sugar to have two desktop areas, when an
>>> external monitor is connected ?
>> 
>> The Sugar code deals with the window management, and doesn't have 
>> any support for the idea that there could ever be 2 activities on 
>> the screen at once.  So maybe you are limited to mirroring the 
>> displays?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Sam
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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