minor bug fix and improvements

diff --git a/myx b/myx
index 7b8de6b9756180573ea57013c91353497051e181..ad1bf2346347a4ca90417e2604ee91277019e151 100755 (executable)
--- a/myx
+++ b/myx
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ date "+%A, %B %d, %r, %S seconds"
 
 dry_run=false
 downres=true
-quarter=true
-tall=false
+quarter=false
+tall=true
 restart=false
 
 
@@ -102,10 +102,12 @@ if [[ $secondary_out ]]; then
 
   x_offset=$primary_x
   left_right_arg=--right-of
+  # This one is temporarily on the left. uncomment and move into conditional
+  # when it isn't anymore.
+  #  [[ $secondary_out == DP-1 && $(edid card1-DP-1 ) == f3364bc6c1 ]]
   if [[ $secondary_out == HDMI2 && $(edid card0-HDMI-A-2) == 192efbdcef ]] || \
        [[ $secondary_out == HDMI-1 && $(edid card1-HDMI-A-1 ) == 7c58f9ac1e ]] || \
-       [[ $secondary_out == DP-2 && $(edid card1-DP-2 ) == 0c35564b67 ]] || \
-       [[ $secondary_out == DP-1 && $(edid card1-DP-1 ) == f3364bc6c1 ]]; then
+       [[ $secondary_out == DP-2 && $(edid card1-DP-2 ) == 0c35564b67 ]]; then
     left_right_arg=--left-of
     x_offset=0
   fi
@@ -213,6 +215,12 @@ if $tall; then
 
 elif $quarter; then
   m xrandr --setmonitor MON-LEFT $half_x/298x$half_y/336+$x_offset+0 $target_out
+  # note: this bottom left is buggy when it comes to context menus,
+  # including in web pages. In the tall configuration, I sometimes see
+  # them in another "monitor" area, but with this bottom left monitor,
+  # they aren't displayed at all, as if the window system is displaying
+  # them off screen. When that happens, I just switch to the tall
+  # configuration, use the dialog, and them maybe switch back.
   m xrandr --setmonitor MON-BOTTOM-LEFT $half_x/298x$half_y/336+$x_offset+$half_y none
   m xrandr --setmonitor MON-RIGHT $half_x/298x$target_y/336+$(( x_offset + half_x ))+0 none
 fi
@@ -280,7 +288,6 @@ if (( ${#ws_outputs[@]} )); then
   for (( i=0; i<total_ws_count; i++ )); do
     ws=$(( i+1 ))
     tmp=${ws_outputs[$i]}
-    echo "tmp: $tmp"
     # use the last output in the array for all remaining workspaces
     if [[ $tmp ]]; then
       ws_out=$tmp
@@ -296,7 +303,14 @@ if (( ${#ws_outputs[@]} )); then
   refresh_workspaces=true
   while $refresh_workspaces; do
     if (( refresh_count > 20 )); then
-      echo "error. moving workspaces is not working as expected" >&2
+      cat <<'EOF' >&2
+
+ERROR: moving workspaces is not working as expected I've seen it happen
+that an output is not "active" and restarting i3 fixed it. If you see
+this, try reloading i3, and thinking about how to automatically handle
+the situation from within the script.
+
+EOF
       exit 1
     fi
     refresh_count=$(( refresh_count + 1 ))
@@ -306,7 +320,7 @@ if (( ${#ws_outputs[@]} )); then
     while read -r ws; do
       read -r output || break
       if [[ ${ws_expected_out[$ws]} != "$output" ]]; then
-        m i3 '[workspace="'$ws'"]' move workspace to output $output
+        m i3 '[workspace="'$ws'"]' move workspace to output ${ws_expected_out[$ws]}
         refresh_workspaces=true
         break
       fi