Re: [RP] [PATCH] bugfix for multiple screen

[twb]

Quoth Cameron Patrick <address@hidden> on or about Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:10:50 
+0800:
> twb wrote:
> 
> | > something I have also wanted is for ratpoison to be able to take over
> | > and retreat from my extra monitors so I can temporarily run a different
> | > window manager on just one head... 
> | 
> | *CHORUS* Send us the patch!
> 
> Surely no patch is needed?  :execwm ~/bin/ratpoison_plus_metacity.sh
> And in ratpoison_plus_metacity.sh:
> 
> env DISPLAY=:0.1 metacity &
> exec env DISPLAY=:0.0 ratpoison
> 
> I'm fairly sure that should work, although it's completely untested.

s/metacity/"$1"/

> | > and retreat from my extra monitors so I can temporarily run a different
                                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^
requires :tmpwm, not :newwm.  tmpwm is broken AFAIK.  Thus, patch :tmpwm :-)
else need to run ratpoison in a keepalive script and `kill ratpoison'.
also, you'd want to :fdump/:frestore.

-trent