Synergy (was: O$ getting monitor width)
Bastiaan Olij
lists at basenlily.nl
Wed Apr 29 21:13:22 EDT 2009
On the subject of neat tools, if you have a PC next to your Mac, get
Synergy.
http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
Make sure that for the Mac you get Synergy KM which is a nice shell for it:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/synergykm
Synergy allows you to share one keyboard and mouse between multiple
PC's, Mac's and Linux boxes. Simply move the mouse of the screen
connected to you Mac and onto the screen on you Windows box, and
suddenly the keyboard and mouse control the PC instead of the Mac. Its
like using a keyboard switch but without needing to turn the dial.
Really helps clean up your desk, I have 3 monitors, 1 for my PC, 2 for
my Mac, and only one keyboard and mouse. The only thing that keeps
getting me is wanting to move windows from my Mac screen onto my PC
screen (though you can share clipboards up to a certain level, doesn't
work well on mac though)
Greetz,
Bas
Michael Rowan wrote:
> Hi Bas
>
> I knew that, of course. Just that I had forgotten I knew.
>
> Yes, dual monitors is a change of life experience.
>
> On my main monitor I can do Mac or Windows via parallels. On the
> other I can do extended Mac or Windows via input switching.
>
> Cheers
>
> Mike
> On 30/04/2009, at 10:08 AM, Bastiaan Olij wrote:
>
>> Hey Mike,
>>
>> $modes.$width and $modes.$height return just that. We use it all the
>> time to center windows onto the primary display. Live's good with dual
>> monitors though I hope TigerLogic one day will use these same values. So
>> often I use my laptop at a client and I do not have the dual monitor
>> hooked on and all my IDE windows open up off screen :D
>>
>> Greetz,
>>
>> Bas
>>
>> Michael Rowan wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> In my app I use sys(104) to return the monitor width. However, when I
>>> use dual monitors this returns the combined width.
>>>
>>> How can I get the width of the principal monitor? Cross platform.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael Rowan
>>> mike.rowan at internode.on.net
>>>
>>> 11 Kingscote Street
>>> ALBERTON
>>> South Australia 5014
>>>
>>> tel 618 8240 3993
>>>
>>>
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>>
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>>
>> Bastiaan Olij
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> Michael Rowan
> mike.rowan at internode.on.net
>
> 11 Kingscote Street
> ALBERTON
> South Australia 5014
>
> tel 618 8240 3993
>
>
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