GSoC : Multiscreen management

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On April 2, 2010, Detlev Casanova wrote:
> On Friday 02 April 2010 16:26:36 todd rme wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Detlev Casanova
> > 
> > <detlev.casanova at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > So, my point is : there are problems.
> > > So far, what's the link with plasma you might ask. Well, I'd like the
> > > device notifier to react when a monitor is plugged in, showing the
> > > screen. 2 actions should be possible : Auto configure and manual
> > > configuration.
> > > 
> > >  -> Auto configure would try to find the best configuration depending
> > >  on
> > > 
> > > the screen capabilities (read resolutions).
> > > 
> > >  -> Manual configuration would open KRandr.
> > 
> > There is also an issue with plasma were activities that end up on a
> > monitor of the wrong size do not properly re-scale the widgets they
> > contain, which can result in widgets overlapping, having unpredictable
> > locations, extending off the screen, or having large blank areas.
> > Fixing this would probably be a worthwhile task.
> 
> Mmmh, I'm not using plasma activities but it's also to be checked, of
> course.

yes you are: it's that thing sitting on your desktop ;)

that said, i don't think it is in scope for this particular project.

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