xdm patches  2009-01-29
Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>


These patches make xdm more usable with multiple monitors and larger
virtual screens.  New resources are added in the xdm Xresources file.

! make the mouse pointer appear center bottom in the login window.
xlogin.Login.mouseInside: True

! make the login window appear on a specific monitor
! monitors are 0, 1, ... totalmonitors-1
! order may not agree with your xorg.conf
xlogin.Login.selectMonitor: 1

! to restore xdm default behavior, comment/remove these resources or set:
! xlogin.Login.mouseInside: False
! xlogin.Login.selectMonitor: -1


Installation

Update the ports tree so you have the FreeBSD port of xdm-1.1.8_1.

Copy the five patch files to /usr/ports/x11/xdm/files.  Build and install
the port.  Modify /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/Xresources as above.  Use xdm.


Notes:

Feedback on clarity and style would be helpful.  I don't do C much.

patch-greeter-greet.c-WB should be okay.

All of the following are for adding support for the new resources.  
Are the additions made in the right place and correctly commented?

patch-dm.h-WB
patch-greeter-Login.c-WB
patch-greeter-Login.h-WB
patch-greeter-LoginP.h-WB

There's already a ports patch file for greet.c.  Having multiple
patches for a single file is bad form.  At present it's just for
testing.


Disclaimer

No guarantees, use at your own risk, your mileage may vary, DO NOT EAT!