Re: desktop as a separate window (fwd)

[Michael ROGERS <M Rogers cs ucl ac uk>]

>In Section 2 - Desktop Areas as opposed to multiple desktops, the spec
>seems to imply that the current active area is measured in whole
>screen size units.  Does this prohibit setting the viewport to a
>position that straddles several whole window sized areas?  I would
>hope that this is not the case, but that's how the spec reads.

I think the viewport is defined as the area of the desktop which is currently
visible (ie it must be exactly the size of the screen) and its position is
specified in pixels from the top left corner of the desktop, so you could have
smoothly scrolling viewports.

Michael