I have an LCD and a monitor. I set both to 1024x768. I use MergedFB mode to get one giant desktop which spans the two, so my desktop is 2048x768. I want to create a virtual desktop which contains 2048*768 pixels, but they are not in a rectangle. They are in a shape like this: +-----+ +-----+ | | | | +-----+ +-----+ The lower-left box's pixels would be shown on my laptop LCD screen. The upper-right box's pixels would be shown on my external monitor. This way, my desktop matches the physical locations of my computer screens, and when I move my mouse between the two screens, for example, it stays at the same vertical visual position.
Maybe as an interim solution to this we could at least support Xinerama style non-rectangular desktops which arise from using two displays of unlike resolution. For example if you have a 1600x1200 and a 1024x178, Xinerama lets you have a desktop like this: +----------------+ | | | ______| |_________| which avoids having to make the smaller of the displays scroll up and down to get coverage of the whole virtual desktop. Some users find this scrolling irritating and would prefer an option to enable the Xinerama behavior.
Yeah, seconded.
I would love to have what Aaron VanDevender suggested. Thanks! :)
done, Option MergedNonRectangular.
This rocks! Thank you, Alex and Thomas.
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