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

[Stefan Reichör]

Hi Thierry!

The world is a small place ;-)

> Hi stefan!
> Stefan Reichör <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Hi again!
>>
>> Since I have now a stable stumpwm running, I have some other wishes ;-)
>>
>> I have a simple setup with two screens:
>>
>> *screen-1* : emacs
>> *screen-2* : firefox, shells, other applications
>>
>> Since I use emacs as file manager, I launch applications from emacs.
>>
>> When I start xpdf from emacs it is started in *screen-1*
>>
>> Sometimes it is o.k. this way. But in some cases I want to start it in
>> *screen-2* or move it from *screen-1* to *screen-2*
>>
>> I read the stumpwm info file but I found no way to move a window to
>> another screen.
>>
>> Is this possible somehow?
>
> I found this but as i have only one screen i didn't test:
> ,----
> |  -- Function: screen-current-window SCREEN
> |      Return the current window on the specified screen
> `----

As far as I can see, this function can only be used to tell me which
window has the focus on a given screen. It does not allow to move
windows between screens.

Setting the DISPLAY variable before launching a new process gives me the
chance to see new opened windows on the screen I want.


Stefan.