| Re: Issue with 6.3, Mac OS X 10.4, 3 displays, X11 [message #50867 is a reply to message #50816] |
Fri, 20 October 2006 03:05   |
bogdanni
Messages: 2
Registered: October 2006
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Hi,
I did some tests and I think I may have a solution:
The problem is that the default window manager, quartz-wm doesn't seem
to allow sizing windows larger than one screen. You could use another
window manager, like twm which comes with the X11 distribution for Mac
OS X. To enable it, copy
/private/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc to $HOME/.xinitrc and replace the last
line, "exec quartz-wm" with "exec twm".
Since twm cannot interact with normal Mac OS X you have to use X11 in
full screen mode. This is enabled via X11->Preferences->Ouput->Enable
the Enter Full Screen menu. Use Command-Option-A to enter/exit full
screen. If you are unfamiliar to twm, the left mouse button brings up a
menu where you can choose xterm (also, the initial placement of windows
is interactive).
That way, I can open a window wider than one screen from IDL, on my
computer (with two screens attached).
Also OpenGL still seems hardware accelerated, albeit, of course,
slower.
Hope this helps,
Bogdan
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