Cygwin/Xfree on second (low res) monitor

[Harold L Hunt II]

Saul,

Saul Cozens wrote:

> Unfortunately anoncvs.xfree86.org is unreachable at the moment, so I got 
> an original copy of wincreatewnd.c and did a manual diff:

Wrong CVS tree:

http://x.cygwin.com/devel/server/

> $ diff wincreatewnd.c wincreatewnd.c.orig
> 255,256c255,256
> <             //iWidth = GetSystemMetrics (SM_CXSCREEN);
> <             //iHeight = GetSystemMetrics (SM_CYSCREEN);
> ---
>  >             iWidth = GetSystemMetrics (SM_CXSCREEN);
>  >             iHeight = GetSystemMetrics (SM_CYSCREEN);
> 
> as you said- I got the line numbers wrong - I've must've been tinkering 
> elsewhere.  Anyway, I can start this up with:
>    XWin.exe -query <linuxbox> -screen 0 1024 768 -rootless -lesspointer 
> -clipboard
> and I do get a 1024x768 borderless window (on my 1280x1024 monitor-1) , 
> which I can then move to monitor-2 using the Matrox PowerDesk hotkey for 
> 'swap Active Window'.
> 
> I'm now seeing if I can add an [-offset <left> <top>] command line 
> option to save me that hotkey press!

It sounds like you would be better served by an option that allows you 
to specify which Windows monitor to run on?

Harold