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Re:A dynamic window manager for X11 written with Node.js by pvdebbe on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @08:27AM (#12165090)
There are three philosophies to deal with multiple workspaces and multiple monitors:

* one pool of WSs for all monitors (gnome,mate,win10)

* one shared pool of WSs for each monitor (xmonad)

* one pool of WSs for each monitor (awesome,dwm,e17)

So what xmonad has is one set of workspaces and each monitor can pick one from the shared pool! It's so great to have a WS dedicated for WWW on a side monitor and when something important comes up, I can bring that WS to the main monitor. Not easily done with the last idea.

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Re:A dynamic window manager for X11 written with Node.js by BuildTheRobots on Thursday July 28, 2016 @05:22AM (#12179227)
Oh, very clever; I didn't realise there were 3 distinct behaviours. Options two and three seem to make sense; I find it hard to believe anyone actually wants type 1. I'll definitely have to have a play with xmonad now :)
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