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From: mwm@pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Draggable windows (was: FACTS ABOUT WB2.0)
Message-ID: <MWM.91Feb25110237@raven.pa.dec.com>
Date: 25 Feb 91 16:02:37 GMT
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In-Reply-To: davewt@NCoast.ORG's message of 22 Feb 91 01:45:17 GMT

In article <1991Feb22.014517.869@NCoast.ORG> davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright) writes:
   In article <1991Feb17.033014.14347@cbnewsm.att.com> nsw@cbnewsm.att.com (Neil Weinstock) writes:
   >Quick question:  Has there *ever* existed another machine that supports
   >draggable screens a la the Amiga?  I've never seen one...
	   I haven't either. But I would hate to have to go back to a system
   that doesn't have them. Just like multitasking, they are impossible to do
   without once you have used them.

				   Dave

Nah, it's no problem at all - if you have something that replaces the
functionality. Under X, I use vtwm (there are a couple of things by
that name). That gives me a "virtual" screen 4 times the size of my
physical screen in each dimension. That's 16 physical screens. A mouse
click on the virtual desktop, and I'm working on that screen. I've got
keyboard navigation if I want it. Better yet, the "information"
windows (clock, xbiff, etc) are nailed to the physical screen, and
show up on all of them.

	<mike
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