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davvil / pdfpc

A presenter console with multi-monitor support for PDF files.
http://davvil.github.com/pdfpc/
GNU General Public License v2.0
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Open the presentation window without projector attached. #21

Open jensbob opened 12 years ago

jensbob commented 12 years ago

I already added the function, it is missing a sanity check for the command line input of the desired resolution and I had no chance to test it with a second monitor yet.

davvil commented 12 years ago

Isn't this the option '-s' with only one monitor attached?

jensbob commented 12 years ago

Here is what I do: I open the presentation (presenter and presentation window) before I connect my computer to a second screen and once I have the second screen attached, I push the presentation window to the other screen. So I still have the presenter window on my laptop and the presentation on the other one. That is handy if the caching of the pdf takes too long to start the presentation right away - maybe it is just my slow computer, but it happens.

davvil commented 12 years ago

Now I understand what you mean. Adding an option to display both the presentation and the presenter window is no big deal. The biggest problem I see is with the resolution, as pdfpc will not know the resolution of the second screen if it is not plugged in, and resizing of windows is not supported (they are designed to initialize and stay fullscreen).

I could add an option to specify the resolution of the secondary monitor. Would this be ok?

jensbob commented 12 years ago

Specifying the resolution would be ok for me. Thanks a lot for the work you put into this to improve the original presenter console.

ghost commented 9 years ago

Could a window size be made optional for "-w" mode? I'd like to use it with i3wm and pdfpc will get the "zoom" wrong when both windows open on the same screen first. It would be really great if that could be fixed.