Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!wsl.dec.com!klee From: klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: Ultrix 4.2 Message-ID: <1991Jun19.145218@wsl.dec.com> Date: 19 Jun 91 21:52:18 GMT References: <1991Jun17.142547.4691@searchtech.com> <14411@dog.ee.lbl.gov> <984@lhdsy1.chevron.com> Sender: news@pa.dec.com (News) Reply-To: klee@wsl.dec.com Organization: DEC Western Software Laboratory Lines: 17 In article <984@lhdsy1.chevron.com>, yzarn@lhdsy1.chevron.com (Philip Yzarn de Louraille) writes: |> C'mon! Do you think the DEC server does multi-screen? It really does |> not, it emulates multi-screen! |> You need to run a window manager per screen you are using and you cannot |> move a window from one window to another. Many window managers can handle multiple screens. Motif mwm is an example. The X Window System specifications do not permit windows to be moved across screens. The DEC servers do not add additional restrictions. -- Ken Lee DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif. Internet: klee@wsl.dec.com uucp: uunet!decwrl!klee