Bug 140559

Summary: wish for start on specific xinerama screen
Product: [Unmaintained] kstart Reporter: Elmar Stellnberger (AT/K) <estellnb>
Component: generalAssignee: Lubos Lunak <l.lunak>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist CC: kde
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
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OS: Linux   
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Description Elmar Stellnberger (AT/K) 2007-01-24 17:07:56 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 3.5.5 "release 50.1" , openSUSE )
Compiler:          Target: i586-suse-linux
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.18.2-34-default

With kstart --display 3 it is possible to start an application on a specific virtual desktop. It would be very nice if it was possible to start an application on a specific screen or monitor either: In Xinerama-mode two or mor monitors are put side to side in order to create a bigger display area.
f.e.
kstart --display 3 --screen 1 ProgramOnTheLeft &
kstart --display 3 --screen 2 --fullscreen ProgramOnTheRight
Comment 1 Elmar Stellnberger (AT/K) 2007-01-24 18:27:40 UTC 
kstart --currentscreen bzw. --otherscreen would also be practical.
Comment 2 Elmar Stellnberger (AT/K) 2007-08-10 11:49:07 UTC 
Changing the xinerama screen (or any other option) while a program is already running would be at least as desireable as stating this on startup. Sometimes after activating and deactivating a second monitor some programs stays hidden on the other screen (i.e. if it stays maximized during the change the coordinata for its normal place/size are not affected so that they stay outside the visible screen area(, which turns out as soon as maximaization is ended)). A graphical context menu ("move to xinerama screen #1 / #2" in addition to "move to work area #1-#6") would even be more handy than a command line command in this case.
Comment 3 Elmar Stellnberger (AT/K) 2007-08-10 12:26:46 UTC 
see also: Bug 148709
Comment 4 David Edmundson 2021-03-31 23:02:31 UTC 
xinerama is ancient, closing

geometry can be set