Re: [STUMP] Move a window from one screen to another

[Stefan Reichör]

Stefan Reichör <address@hidden> writes:

>>> Everything works very well with this setup, but I cannot move a window
>>> from one screen to the other...
>>
>> You can't, this is an X limitation. But you can set the DISPLAY variable
>> when launching your app.
>
> Ah - now I understand how the two screens are handled.
>
> On *screen-1*
> echo $DISPLAY
> :0.0
>
> On *screen-2*
> echo $DISPLAY
> :0.1
>
> Using the DISPLAY variable allows to control where the launched
> application is displayed - this helps a lot.
>
> I remember vaguely that I have seen a way to move an application from
> one display to another. I'll try to find this application. Perhaps it
> solves my problem.

Update: I found the application that has this capability:

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| # wajig show teleport
| Package: teleport
| Priority: optional
| Section: universe/x11
| Installed-Size: 136
| Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <address@hidden>
| Original-Maintainer: Moray Allan <address@hidden>
| Architecture: amd64
| Version: 0.34-3
| Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1), libcairo2 (>= 1.4.0), 
libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0), libgcrypt11 (>= 1.2.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.14.0), 
libgpewidget1, libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.19.0), libsqlite0 
(>= 2.8.17), libx11-6, libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.3-1), libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), 
libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1), libxi6, 
libxinerama1, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxrender1
| Filename: pool/universe/t/teleport/teleport_0.34-3_amd64.deb
| Size: 18262
| MD5sum: bc55edc198adc95c73ffad50a5af1109
| SHA1: c94c6d2e68c792d3e69ec05556612a1e14fc0b92
| SHA256: c1f139a5e1e804889ed7445debc06e3f76f895629ad968874315ba530b41bdd4
| Description: moves running applications between displays
|  Teleport allows some applications to be moved between X displays without
|  being closed and restarted. It uses X properties to request that applications
|  which support the display migration protocol move to another display.
|  .
|  Note that few applications or toolkits currently support the display
|  migration protocol.
| Bugs: mailto:address@hidden
| Origin: Ubuntu
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The bad news is, that most of the applications can't be moved that way.


Stefan.