I am able to get the vDOS window onto my second monitor, but if I maximize the window with Alt-Enter, it switches back to the first monitor in full screen. If I Alt-Enter to switch it back to a window, it returns to the second monitor as a window.
I am running Windows Vista SP2, with a NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE video card with driver version 9.18.13.3523
Joe
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I have noticed the same thing. Under TameDOS, I can get complete full-screen maximized sessions on either or both of my two monitors (no Windows title bar, no task bar on the active window, nothing but the actual DOS sessions filling each screen). With vDos I can only get a session like that on the primary monitor, not the secondary one.
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As DOSBox, vDos uses the SDL library for displaying.
Still something at the bottom of my to-do list to remove.
I did once a first attempt by removing the SDL-ttf library, but didn’t get it right.
So the SDL library will be in for some time.
And switching to a full screen window it forces the window to the primary display.
Clumsy, but you could try some utility to position the window to a secondary display?
Jos
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I am a XyWrite user that has just recently discovered this solution. I would like to able to open the window with a command line option on a second monitor and then eventually maximize it on it. I have been using Virtual PC 2007 and VirtualBox to run DOS programs. This kind of screen behavior is a must, and there really should be support for it. Many of the serious DOS users have multiple-monitor setups with 4:3 ratio monitors as secondary displays.
Kari Eveli
lexitec@lexitec.fi
Lexitec Book Publ. (Finland)
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Thank you for the tip. Yes, I got AutoSizer working after some trial and error. It makes this much more fluent to work with. I will pass this along to the folks at XyList (https://www.freelists.org/list/xywrite) who are very excited about this new snappy way of running their favorite DOS word processor. Jos, we are very impressed, keep up the good work. With the advent of the Xy fork of your work, we are experiencing the things that were already in vDosWP, which has been the inspiration of this Xy development.
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I am able to get the vDOS window onto my second monitor, but if I maximize the window with Alt-Enter, it switches back to the first monitor in full screen. If I Alt-Enter to switch it back to a window, it returns to the second monitor as a window.
I am running Windows Vista SP2, with a NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE video card with driver version 9.18.13.3523
Joe
Is vDos not able to have a maximized window on a second monitor?
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It may be that Windows prevents this. Have you tried with DOSBox or other programs that have a full-screen (no menu, etc.) option?
I have noticed the same thing. Under TameDOS, I can get complete full-screen maximized sessions on either or both of my two monitors (no Windows title bar, no task bar on the active window, nothing but the actual DOS sessions filling each screen). With vDos I can only get a session like that on the primary monitor, not the secondary one.
As DOSBox, vDos uses the SDL library for displaying.
Still something at the bottom of my to-do list to remove.
I did once a first attempt by removing the SDL-ttf library, but didn’t get it right.
So the SDL library will be in for some time.
And switching to a full screen window it forces the window to the primary display.
Clumsy, but you could try some utility to position the window to a secondary display?
Jos
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I am a XyWrite user that has just recently discovered this solution. I would like to able to open the window with a command line option on a second monitor and then eventually maximize it on it. I have been using Virtual PC 2007 and VirtualBox to run DOS programs. This kind of screen behavior is a must, and there really should be support for it. Many of the serious DOS users have multiple-monitor setups with 4:3 ratio monitors as secondary displays.
Kari Eveli
lexitec@lexitec.fi
Lexitec Book Publ. (Finland)
Search the Internet for some utilty to size and place a window on a monitor.
Jos
Kari,
Could you try these and let us know how well they work?
http://www.southbaypc.com/AutoSizer/
http://www.stefandidak.com/windows-layout-manager/
Thank you?
Edward,
Thank you for the tip. Yes, I got AutoSizer working after some trial and error. It makes this much more fluent to work with. I will pass this along to the folks at XyList (https://www.freelists.org/list/xywrite) who are very excited about this new snappy way of running their favorite DOS word processor. Jos, we are very impressed, keep up the good work. With the advent of the Xy fork of your work, we are experiencing the things that were already in vDosWP, which has been the inspiration of this Xy development.