Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of FakeXinerama

Timestamp:

02/01/14 12:53:18 (7 years ago)

Author:

Antoine Martin

Comment:

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FakeXinerama

@@ -38 +38 @@
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-To use it without Xpra, simply use:
+To use it without Xpra, simply run:
 {{{
 LD_PRELOAD=/path/to/libfakeXinerama.so.1 your-x11-client-application
@@ -48 +48 @@
 == Caveats ==
 
+The {{{LD_PRELOAD}}} trick only tells the application how to query for Xinerama screen information, it does not and cannot tell the application when it should refresh this data. Unfortunately, this means that many applications will only query this data once and cache the results.
 
-
+This means that you MUST connect your client (which will cause the Xpra server to generate a suitable fake xinerama configuration file) BEFORE starting the X11 client application that will use fake Xinerama..
 }}}