[PD] trouble with pd-0.48-0 and multiple screens

[Miller Puckette]

I've managed to get unxpected behavior on linux with XFCE desktop.  When
I place the second monitor to teh left or right of the main one things work OK,
but if I place it either below or above, make a subpatch on the external
monitor, close&reopen it, it pops up on the main monitor instead.  I'm not
sure if this is the same misbehavior I'm hearing about in windows and Mac or
not...  will keep fooling with it and see if I can learn anything.

cheers
Miller

On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 11:37:02AM +0200, Dan Wilcox wrote:
> I did some testing and I'm not able to reproduce with a dual monitor setup with 0.48 and macOS 10.12.6.
> 
> Can either of you provide a an example patch and/or precise steps to make the problem occur?
> 
> > On Sep 18, 2017, at 12:09 AM, Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > This behavior comes from the pdtk_canvas_place_window proc in pdtk_canvas.tcl which, as others have noted, uses the declared width of the overall desktop aka the widths of the screens, but does not take into account their relative positioning. In digging further, it seems Tk provides ways to check the offset to the main screen via the winfo vroot* queries. I'll try some tests tomorrow and it's probably an easy fix...
> > 
> >> On Sep 14, 2017, at 10:24 AM, pd-list-request at lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list-request at lists.iem.at> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 10:23:38 +0200
> >> From: Raphaël Ilias <phae.ilias at gmail.com <mailto:phae.ilias at gmail.com>>
> >> To: Nicolas Montgermont <list at nimon.org <mailto:list at nimon.org>>
> >> Cc: pd-list <pd-list at lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list at lists.iem.at>>
> >> Subject: Re: [PD] trouble with pd-0.48-0 and multiple screens
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> >> Roman, for me it happens when i try to open (again) a pd-subpatch that i
> >> previously placed on the second monitor (on the left of the main monitor) :
> >> instead of appearing in its previous position, the window appears outside
> >> the screen (on the right of the right screen), so you can't see it, drag it
> >> back...
> >> Yes Nicolas, I experienced this with the "additional" monitor on the left,
> >> so subpatches should probably have negative coordinates.
> >> 
> >> Hope this gives a clue to solve this, patching on two monitors is nice for
> >> big patches...
> >> 
> >> all best
> >> 
> >> raphaël
> > 
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