Hi All,
I am searching for a way in X11 to "partition" or "divide"
the screen.
For example the physical size of the screen may be 1920x1080
but what if I want 3 sections like
A
B C
where A is treated as a screen or division by itself,
then B and C the same way. Some subset of the screen.
So the application running in space A does not affect the
application B or C and vice versa.
Does something like that exist of X11? All this is on the same
physical screen. Just dividing it up.
Thanks
Jerry
On 9/6/2013 12:11 PM, Jerry Geis wrote:> So the application running in space A does not affect the > application B or C and vice versa.what exactly do you mean by, 'does not affect' ? normally 'windows' provide sufficient isolation... but if the processes are touching each others files, then all bets are off, regardless of whats going on, unless you're running them in seperate VMs or something. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast
> I am searching for a way in X11 to "partition" or "divide" the screen. > For example the physical size of the screen may be 1920x1080 > but what if I want 3 sections like > > A > B C[snip]> Does something like that exist of X11? All this is on the same > physical screen. Just dividing it up.I suppose you could do something like run three vnc sessions on the server (with appropriate -geometry settings) then vnc-viewers to each of the servers. This is kludgey but would isolate the X sessions somewhat.
On Fri, 6 Sep 2013, Jerry Geis wrote:> I am searching for a way in X11 to "partition" or "divide" the screen. > For example the physical size of the screen may be 1920x1080 > but what if I want 3 sections like > > A > B C > > where A is treated as a screen or division by itself, then B and C > the same way. Some subset of the screen. So the application running > in space A does not affect the application B or C and vice versa.If you're willing to change window managers, try xmonad: http://xmonad.org Here's a screenshot that shows a few layouts, the middle one being somewhat similar to the one you diagram: http://www.haskell.org/wikiupload/a/aa/Screen-triplehead-galois.jpg -- Paul Heinlein heinlein at madboa.com 45?38' N, 122?6' W