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I have a huge desktop, with multiple monitors, and one pretty good computer. I also have multiple mice and keyboards laying around. Now I would really like to make use of all the hardware. Say a friend comes over and wants to code simultaneously with me on one computer. I would like to give him his own mouse and keyboard. Whenever his mouse is over one window, I want his Input to be directed at the window. This would allow us to write different program parts, and easily copy and paste between our windows.
AFAIK I know most window managers supports only one active window, which makes this impossible. Is this because it's just an unusual thing to want, or is it because of some fundamental architectural issue with X or even the OS?
This isn't really what I want, but would it be possible to run one X-server on each monitor and give each it's own keyboard/mouse?
There are some subtle problems with how a program would handle (for instance) mouse drags in two different places in the same window (selecting different pieces of text) at the same time. As there exists software which does not take this kind of issues into account, so you might be out of luck. The usual ways of collaborating in the form of files all collaborators can access in some way would be my bet for a workable solution. – Eroen – 2011-12-14T14:12:03.260
possible duplicate of Multiple Desktop Single CPU also see: Can one PC be used by two users at the same time via dual-monitor? over on the *nix SE site.
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2011-12-14T14:39:39.3171
Found the answer here: http://alec.mooo.com/mpx.html will post a full answer myself once the 8 hour limit expires.
– bobbaluba – 2011-12-14T16:51:49.400