From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DrfiD-0002T2-VE for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:35:30 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Drfi8-0002OP-8X for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:35:28 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Drfi4-0002MI-WC for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:35:21 -0400 Received: from [212.16.62.50] (helo=mail.13thfloor.at) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Drfm5-0008D4-1d for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:39:29 -0400 Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 19:32:01 +0200 From: Herbert Poetzl Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] scrollable window Message-ID: <20050710173201.GF31399@MAIL.13thfloor.at> References: <20050710055835.GA9468@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org> <002a01c5856d$a3a27670$334d21d1@organiza3bfb0e> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <002a01c5856d$a3a27670$334d21d1@organiza3bfb0e> Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: jeebs@yango.us Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 11:37:07AM -0500, jeebs@yango.us wrote: > "Jim C. Brown" > > > >I personally feel that a scrollable window is not very useful unless your > >host > > resolution is smaller than your guest resolution. Hard to see what the > > point is > > Or the same size. Don't forget, Windows XP will cover up part of the window > even when the GTK version switches to 'full screen'. > > And a lot of times, guest resolution will be higher. Some things just seem > to expect 1024x768 or 1280x1024 (or whatever) resolution. > > A scrollable window is just a nice fall back if nothing else is convenient. > > Sometimes, full screen is just too darn inconvenient. Personally, I can't > stand full screen even with VMWare. I like being able to easily access my > desktop when I want to, be able to read some data and type it into the > guest, and so on. (Without having to switch screens back and forth) > > Not everybody in the world uses a 128x1024 screen. Or even 1024x768. > > Some, such as myself, still use 800x600. I do it out of necessity. I have > poor eyesight and don't have the spare cash (or desk space!) for a 21 inch > monitor. And LCD monitors tend to have too high a native resolution. With > my current 17" monitor, I simply can't handle anything beyond 800x600. why not use a virtual desktop of larger size and pan the mouse to the current 'view' which can be 800x600 or even less if your bad eyesight requires that ... (on X you can change that with CTRL-ALT-+/- and the mouse will be handled properly, including pan ranges) best, Herbert > So, a scrollable window makes using qemu (or vmware) more convenient. > > Sure, scaling the window so the guest thinks it's 1024x768 (or whatever) > when it's really much smaller, is probably a better choice. As would be the > video card providing custom sizes (700x400, or whatever) so XP will think > that's what the display really is, and the actual qemu/vmware window > wouldn't have to be scrolled, scaled or even full screened. > > But scroll windows are a good 'if nothing else works' kind of situation for > most people, and useful for some of us. > > > > > Anyways, this is a version of gtk2.c which gives the wanted scrolling > > feature. > > I just started on this so expect ease-of-use bugs. :D Should work on > > windows > > as well, but I have not been able to test this myself yet. > > Unfortunately, I can't test it for you on a Windows host. > > A bit of a long story, but at the moment, I'm stuck with a single hard drive > and cd burner. I can't access my second hard drive, which is where qemu and > my test OS images are stored. > > Sorry. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel