X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=docs%2Fmulti-monitor.html;h=2cad4d6bca27beebd9370b5d0e8fd5d6a6d3678b;hb=aac42689ebf05932067976590294c466dd96bcd4;hp=ee42703b0602ab6ebeb0c402412b1cafb89f5306;hpb=7423f7cfe6cc48d000918b9bdf42d387b94adffd;p=i3%2Fi3.github.io diff --git a/docs/multi-monitor.html b/docs/multi-monitor.html index ee42703..2cad4d6 100644 --- a/docs/multi-monitor.html +++ b/docs/multi-monitor.html @@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> - + - + i3: The multi-monitor situation @@ -22,16 +22,17 @@ window.onload = function(){asciidoc.footnotes(); asciidoc.toc(2);}
@@ -87,9 +90,12 @@ actually contains both of your physical screens (but it will not know that these are two screens).

For this very reason, we decided to implement the following workaround: As long as the nVidia driver does not support RandR, an option called ---force-xinerama is available in i3. This option gets the list of screens -once when starting, and never updates it. As the nVidia driver cannot do -dynamic configuration anyways, this is not a big deal.

+--force-xinerama is available in i3 (alternatively, you can use the +force_xinerama configuration file directive). This option gets the list of +screens once when starting, and never updates it. As the nVidia driver cannot +do dynamic configuration anyways, this is not a big deal.

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Also note that your output names are not descriptive (like HDMI1) when using +Xinerama, instead they are counted up, starting at 0: xinerama-0, xinerama-1, …