Subject: Re: Virtual resolution under X?
To: Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com>
From: billy ball <bball@tux.org>
List: port-hpcmips
Date: 09/27/2001 12:25:15
On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, billy ball wrote:

[snip]

> > - (or "2x3" or "3x3"); you can copy this file as .tvtwmrc to your home
> > directory and edit for your tastes; for example, i put my favorite clients
> > in its root menu and deleted unwanted items, such as raising windows,
> > etc.)
> 
> Won't that just create extra workspaces?  What I'm really looking for is a
> virtual resolution of 800x600, with an actual resolution of 640x480, so as
> I move the mouse around the edge of the screen, the display slides to
> reveal the extra space.  This may not be possible, but I thought I'd check
> anyway :-)

the workspaces are contiguous, not like KDE... using the desktop tvtwm
pager, you can click and drag on the tiny icon of a large window to
position it anywhere you want... this means you can have an active window
sized to 1260x980...