From ff1201f047e21f0c90429e6478bf9e0782e9abe8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Emmanuel Lepage Vallee Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:55:00 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] FAQ: Add an entry about the recent multi-screen changes --- docs/90-FAQ.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/90-FAQ.md b/docs/90-FAQ.md index 357b858cf..f91f46087 100644 --- a/docs/90-FAQ.md +++ b/docs/90-FAQ.md @@ -371,6 +371,16 @@ xkb keyboard description xkb_symbols line. }; EOF +### I upgraded from Awesome 3 to Awesome 4 and multiscreen broke. Why is that? + +Awesome 4.0+ support dynamic screen plugging and unplugging without restarting. + +This avoids losing your tags, layout and focus history. Olders `rc.lua` were not +designed to support such changes and assumed Awesome would restart. To add +multi-screen support to existing configs, see how +`awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen` is used in the new `rc.lua` or rebuild +your config on a newer revision of `rc.lua`. + ## Development ### How to report bugs?