[Gvsig_english] dual monitor and gvsig

[Andrés Maneiro]

Try out gvSIG-EIEL, a customized version of gvSIG. As far as I know, 
extDockinSking is the default window manager so you will be able to work with 
dual monitor properly:
http://cartolab.udc.es/cartoweb/gvsig-eiel/menu/descarga/usuarios/

Andrés

On 19/03/12 20:17, VT wrote:
> Ben,
> Yes, it is a very weak point. During use it's normal to open a lot of child
> windows and it's very difficult to manage them in one monitor. IMHO at this
> point it could be more useful the possibility to fix windows in the interface
> instead of using obsolete arcview3.x styled floating childs...
>
> thanks
>
> Paolo
>
> 2012/3/17 Benjamin Ducke <benducke at fastmail.fm <mailto:benducke at fastmail.fm>>
>
>     Paolo,
>
>     IMHO, this is the weakest point about the gvSIG
>     GUI.
>
>     The problem is that gvSIG uses its own window
>     management, based on an MDI (multiple document
>     interface) called Andami (correct me if I am
>     wrong here). This works OK for single
>     monitors, but it gets in the way of the operating
>     system's window manager, so multi-monitor setups
>     will not work well.
>
>     The best solution IMHO would be to get rid of the
>     Andami MDI and let the operating system handle the
>     application windows (which it does much better than
>     any custom MDI ever could, anyway).
>
>     However, Andami is deeply embedded in gvSIG,
>     so I am afraid we are stuck with it for the
>     foreseeable future.
>
>     Ben
>
>     On 03/17/2012 10:06 AM, VT wrote:
>      > Hi all,
>      > is there the possibility to split gvsig interface in two monitors (i.e.
>      > tables and views in separate monitors)?
>      > if not, is it in future to-do list? I think this could be very useful
>      > and strongly improves software usability.
>      >
>      > thanks in advance
>      >
>      > Paolo
>      >
>      >
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