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| -rw-r--r-- | TODO | 2 | ||||
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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Extra servers: tray retro-crt kbd2rat multikey keystick posmem nest mds meta keybounce slowkey keycue - ratbarrier desktop epimon + ratbarrier desktop endomon a speech-to-keyboard server some server that hides the cursor when appropriate, such as when the user starts typing diff --git a/doc/info/mds.texinfo b/doc/info/mds.texinfo index 6cb42e6..fd2b5d1 100644 --- a/doc/info/mds.texinfo +++ b/doc/info/mds.texinfo @@ -1784,7 +1784,7 @@ server. * mds-crtc:: The @command{mds-crtc} server. * mds-dri:: The @command{mds-dri} server. * mds-fb:: The @command{mds-fb} server. -* mds-epimon:: The @command{mds-epimon} server. +* mds-endomon:: The @command{mds-endomon} server. * mds-mds:: The @command{mds-mds} server. * mds-meta:: The @command{mds-meta} server. * mds-seat:: The @command{mds-seat} server. @@ -2509,26 +2509,24 @@ using framebuffers. -@node mds-epimon -@section @command{mds-epimon} +@node mds-endomon +@section @command{mds-endomon} -@pgindex @command{mds-epimon} +@pgindex @command{mds-endomon} @cpindex CRTC @cpindex Cathode ray tube controller @cpindex Presentation @cpindex Display of content @cpindex Content, display -@cpindex Epimonitor -@cpindex Monitor, epi- +@cpindex Endomonitor +@cpindex Monitor, endo- @cpindex Cinerama @pgindex @command{mds-cinerama} -@command{mds-epimon} is a server that provides -a logical monitor on top of another monitor or -cinerama, an epimonitor. The epimonitor is position -is inside the physical monitor. This lets you -for example start a single-monitor full screen game -but keep a part, for example the status bar with -the clock, visible. +@command{mds-endomon} is a server that provides a +logical monitor inside another monitor or cinerama, an +endomonitor. This lets you for example start a +single-monitor full screen game but keep a part, for +example the status bar with the clock, visible. @@ -11079,7 +11077,7 @@ Should be added if you are running an @menu * Metadisplay Server:: Goals and features of metadisplays. -* Epimonitor:: Goals and features of epimonitors. +* Endomonitor:: Goals and features of endomonitors. @end menu @@ -11136,36 +11134,37 @@ output servers, and even windowing servers. -@node Epimonitor -@section Epimonitor +@node Endomonitor +@section Endomonitor -@pgindex @command{mds-epimon} +@pgindex @command{mds-endomon} @cpindex CRTC @cpindex Cathode ray tube controller @cpindex Presentation @cpindex Display of content @cpindex Content, display -@cpindex Epimonitor -@cpindex Monitor, epi- +@cpindex Endomonitor +@cpindex Monitor, endo- @cpindex Cinerama @pgindex @command{mds-cinerama} There are two forms of logical monitors: cineramas -and epimonitor. A cinerama combines monitors into -one monitor. Epimonitors takes a subset of a single -monitor. Similar to having two monitors with overlaping -output,@footnote{For example a monitor with mode--position -1600x1200+0+0 and a monitor with mode--position -1600x1200+800+600.} An epimonitor overlaps with another -monitor, but only with that monitor and cannot be outside -it even partially. But it does not need to cover it -completely. This allows you to put a full-screen window -on the epimonitor and thus only partially cover the -physical monitor; for example keeping the clock visible. - -Epimonitors do not need to be placed inside a physical -monitor. They can be placed on top of a logical monitor -too. Putting an epimonitor on top of a cineramma lets -you create a logical monitor that covers multiple +and endomonitor. A cinerama combines monitors into +one monitor. Endomonitors takes a subset of a single +monitor. Similar to having two monitors with +overlaping output,@footnote{For example a monitor with +mode--position 1600x1200+0+0 and a monitor with +mode--position 1600x1200+800+600.} An endomonitor +overlaps with another monitor, but only with that +monitor and cannot be outside it even partially. But +it does not need to cover it completely. This allows +you to put a full-screen window on the endomonitor and +thus only partially cover the physical monitor; for +example keeping the clock visible. + +Endomonitors do not need to be placed inside a +physical monitor. They can be placed inside logical +monitor too. Putting an endomonitor inside a cinerama +lets you create a logical monitor that covers multiple monitors partially. |