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Re:Show HN: Change screen layout when connecting/disconnecti... by mbrock on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @08:39AM (#11571304)
Lots of people don't use any "desktop environment." I just use ratpoison, for example.
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Re:Show HN: Change screen layout when connecting/disconnecti... by paol on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @08:51AM (#11571369)
Well, call it a "window manager" then, it still should handle this. But that's just my opinion of the responsibilities of WMs/DEs/whatever you call them, and I understand that some don't.
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Re:Show HN: Change screen layout when connecting/disconnecti... by creshal on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @08:58AM (#11571411)
No, handling screen layout isn't the window manager's responsibility. That's what external tools like xrandr and its various GUIs are for.
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