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Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop

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On 05/09/2017 11:57 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
> Richard Owlett composed on 2017-05-09 10:57 (UTC-0500):
> [snip]
>> I need basic instructions *WITH PICTURES*.
>> I want a full screen display on the laptop.
>> I want a blow-up of a portion of the display on the external display.
>
> To get what I think you're asking for likely will require manual
> configuration with scripted xrandr or /etc/X11/xorg.conf*.

I'm not afraid of the command line ;/

>
>> I know it's physically possible because I'm staring at it.
>> BUT can not predict what is displayed on external display.
>> Help please.
>>
> Properly configured, what shows up on the external display should be
> controlled by moving the mouse pointer toward the part of the laptop
> screen you wish to see on the VGA screen.
>

OK that tells me that what I want is possible.
It also suggests that what I want is a reasonable approximation of SOP.
When I adjust items in Systems->Preferences->Hardware->Displays the 
effects of my actions *DO NOT* make sense to me.
I need documentation of the "Monitor Preferences" menu *WITH PICTURES*.

Just for the record, in the early 60's I was a struggling engineering 
student considering changing my major. I consulted the university's 
"Testing and Guidance Center". By luck of the draw, I got the department 
head as my counselor. With the standard aptitude tests I scored so low 
on spatial relationships that I could not be found in the statistical 
mud when compared to engineering students. As he was department head, my 
counselor tossed in an extra verbal _aptitude_ test. Again compared to 
engineering students I was in statistical mud. This time I scored too 
high to be "normal". It was one of the highest he'd seen in years. It 
was a test of *reading* aptitude. As the head of the freshman English 
program would declare "Owlett can't write worth a d$@%*" ;}

Please point me to documentation I can use.
TIA

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Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-05-09 18:00 +0200
  Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Julian Rüger <jr98@gmx.net> - 2017-05-09 19:00 +0200
    Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Julian Rüger <jr98@gmx.net> - 2017-05-09 19:10 +0200
      Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-05-10 15:20 +0200
  Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-05-09 19:00 +0200
    Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-05-09 21:10 +0200
      Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-05-09 21:50 +0200
      Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2017-05-10 01:50 +0200
      Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-05-10 02:50 +0200
        Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Johann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com> - 2017-05-10 08:20 +0200
          Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-05-10 08:50 +0200
          Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-05-10 09:10 +0200
          Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-05-10 15:30 +0200

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