[nmglug] xander task suitability?

[Akkana Peck]

a writes:
> Xander task suitability
> 
> Debian 10.
> 
> Objective Running two monitors individually controlled, First monitor
> "Jisti", second monitor, "imaginary teleprompter" (different resolutions
> xander should should support). "Imaginary telepromter" purports to support
> two monitors, but,upon further reading, on a restricted basis [ ... ]
> 
> Q, A selected recommendation for an applicable non proprietary "duplexer"?
> software.

I use xrandr for that with Zoom. I just gave a talk this past
Friday that way. It should work for Jitsi too.

For slide presentations, I make my slides 1024x768 because when I
give talks in person, I can always rely on the projector supporting
that resolution. To use those slides on my laptop monitor (eDP-1),
then use my external monitor (DP-1) for notes and other things, I run:

xrandr --output eDP-1 --mode 1024x768 --output DP-1 --auto --right-of eDP-1

If I'm doing live demos on the Jitsi screenshare rather than showing
slides, I make the resolution a little higher, 1440x900, which is
supposedly a good resolution for YouTube videos:

xrandr --output eDP-1 --mode 1440x900 --output DP-1 --auto --right-of eDP-1

The names of your screens may vary. For example, if my monitor is
plugged in to the USB-C hub it's DP-1, but if it's plugged in to
the laptop directly it's HDMI-1; and on the last version of Ubuntu
it was DP1 (no dash). Type xrandr with no arguments to see what your
monitors are called.

I don't know how well this works with desktops like Gnome or KDE.
I use a lightweight window manager, Openbox.

I can't help on voice-controlled teleprompter apps; sorry. I write
my slides in HTML and JavaScript, and advance using the spacebar or (at
live talks) a handheld slide presenter device that emulates a keyboard.

        ...Akkana