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authorSimon Hausmann <simon.hausmann@theqtcompany.com>2015-06-03 10:23:56 +0200
committerSimon Hausmann <simon.hausmann@theqtcompany.com>2015-06-03 10:23:56 +0200
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/5.5' into dev
Conflicts: src/corelib/global/qnamespace.qdoc src/corelib/io/qwindowspipereader.cpp src/corelib/io/qwindowspipereader_p.h src/corelib/statemachine/qstatemachine.cpp src/corelib/statemachine/qstatemachine_p.h src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qxcbconnection.h tests/auto/network/access/qnetworkreply/tst_qnetworkreply.cpp tests/auto/tools/qmake/tst_qmake.cpp tests/manual/touch/main.cpp Change-Id: I917d694890e79ee3da7d65134b5b085e23e0dd62
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@@ -20,14 +20,10 @@ create two windows, and will center one each screen, by setting the geometry.
Alternatively you can configure xorg.conf to create separate screens for each
graphics card; then the mouse cursor can move between the screens, but
-application windows cannot: each app needs to be started up on the screen that
-you want to run it on. In either case, ideally this test app ought to create
-two windows, one on each screen; but in fact, it can do that only if the
-screens are virtual siblings. If they are on different Displays, the second
-Display is not accessible to the QXcbConnection instance which was createad on
-the first Display. It can be considered a known bug that the API appears to
-make this possible (you would think QWindow::setScreen might work) but it
-isn't possible.
+application windows cannot: each app needs to be started on the screen that
+you want to run it on (by specifying e.g. DISPLAY=:0.1 for the second screen),
+or the application has to set the desired screen via QWindow::setScreen() before
+showing the window.
The physical size of the screen is considered to be a constant. This can create
discrepancies in DPI when orientation is changed, or when the screen is