dual monitors

[david-8uUts6sDVDvs2Lz0fTdYFQ at public.gmane.org (David Kramer)]

On 02/21/2011 09:55 PM, Tom Metro wrote:
> David Kramer wrote:
>> You don't describe how you *want* it to work...
> 
> That was partially intentional. Having two displays isn't an absolute
> requirement, so I'm looking for any way in which I can make use of the
> display built-in to the laptop that minimizes negative impact on the
> usability of the primary display.
> 
> 
>> The only downside of setting up the two monitors as separate X sessions
>> is that it's impossible to move a window from one display to another,
>> but for me that's a feature.
> 
> My preference would be to permit moving windows. But if the TwinView
> anomalies prove annoying enough, I might try this.
> 
> How do you switch between displays (designate which receives keyboard
> and mouse input)?

Whichever window is selected, just like with windows on one monitor.
For instance, if I have mythfrontend running fullscreen on my TV and a
terminal open on my laptop's LCD, if I'm typing in my terminal and I
want to interract with mythfrontend, I have to click on mythfrontend
then keystrokes go to it.  To resume working in the terminal, I click
somewhere in the terminal, and I can type there.  There's still only one
active window even with two X sessions running.

The mouse cursor goes freely off the top of my LCD to the bottom of my
TV and vice verse.