On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 04:04:07PM -0700, Gautam Iyer wrote:
>>> (Or at least I don't know how to do this natively).
>>
>> I don't see how you can be confused. The examples in the manpage
>> might lead you to believe that Goto{Page,Desk} only operates linearly,
>> but it really is an x,y operati
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 07:15:46PM +0100, John Latham wrote:
> > > From: John Latham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 18:54:17 +0100 (BST)
> >
> > > * Pages are used as more desk space within each `task', e.g. I might
> > > have a web browser open on the Java API in the page
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 11:15:54PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote:
>> (Or at least I don't know how to do this natively).
>
> I don't see how you can be confused. The examples in the manpage
> might lead you to believe that Goto{Page,Desk} only operates linearly,
> but it really is an x,y operation.
On Thu, 22 May 2008 15:10:09 -0700
Gautam Iyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (Or at least I don't know how to
> do this natively).
I don't see how you can be confused. The examples in the manpage might
lead you to believe that Goto{Page,Desk} only operates linearly, but it
really is an x,y operat
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 08:36:58PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote:
>> The only thing I missed was the ability to have a 3x3 grid of pages and
>> move between them with vi like keys (e.g. Win+h/j/k/l). A little
>> scripting with FvwmPerl makes this easy...
>
> Why FvwmPerl? This why Goto{Page,Desk}
> I quite agree about the organisation aspects but I fail to understand
> what difference using Desktops, or Pages, or both, makes to the result.
>
> --
> Chris Green
You can trim icons displayed in icon managers by page or desk as well,
so it can be handy. I generally have icons shown for the cur
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 07:15:46PM +0100, John Latham wrote:
> > From: John Latham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 18:54:17 +0100 (BST)
>
> > * Pages are used as more desk space within each `task', e.g. I might
> > have a web browser open on the Java API in the page next to
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 06:54:17PM +0100, John Latham wrote:
> * FvwmTaskBar can be set to show only windows on the current desktop,
> (and iconised ones), which is less cluttered if you organise your
> desktops into `task' activities.
>
I don't use a task bar so that's not relev
On 22/05/2008, Gautam Iyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The only thing I missed was the ability to have a 3x3 grid of pages and
> move between them with vi like keys (e.g. Win+h/j/k/l). A little
> scripting with FvwmPerl makes this easy...
Why FvwmPerl? This why Goto{Page,Desk} exists.
-- Tho
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:08:07PM -0400, Chris Giroir wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Chris G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I've never quite made my mind up whether to use several Desktops or
> > several Pages on one desktop, what are the reasons (if any) for
> > choosing one or the oth
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 06:00:06PM +0200, Lucio Chiappetti wrote:
> On Thu, 22 May 2008, Chris G wrote:
>
>> I rarely (but very occasionally) would like to drag a window from one
>> place to another.
>
> Personally I like the little pager in the corner to swap pages/desktops,
> and occasionally t
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 02:57:17PM +0100, Chris G wrote:
> I've never quite made my mind up whether to use several Desktops or
> several Pages on one desktop, what are the reasons (if any) for
> choosing one or the other?
I used to use pages all the time, but that causes things to *really*
mess u
> From: John Latham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 18:54:17 +0100 (BST)
> * Pages are used as more desk space within each `task', e.g. I might
> have a web browser open on the Java API in the page next to the one I
> am writing code in: I can just slide between the
> I've never quite made my mind up whether to use several Desktops or
> several Pages on one desktop, what are the reasons (if any) for
> choosing one or the other?
>
> I've never found any use for running a program with a window larger
> than my screen size, I rarely (but very occasionally) would
I have mine set up w/ 2 desks of 4 pages each. Only one desk is
visible at a time.
Middle clicking on a page switches me to that page on the other desk.
I have numbered title bar buttons to move windows to numbered page,
or can move it to same page on other desk.
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Chris G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've never quite made my mind up whether to use several Desktops or
> several Pages on one desktop, what are the reasons (if any) for
> choosing one or the other?
When I used a page system I was doing school work a lot. My typic
On Thu, 22 May 2008, Chris G wrote:
I've never quite made my mind up whether to use several Desktops or
several Pages on one desktop, what are the reasons (if any) for choosing
one or the other?
Mah, I originally developed my arrangement (when I moved into fvwm from a
single desktop single p
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 03:38:51PM +0100, Chris G wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 04:19:47PM +0200, Hans Voss wrote:
>
> > I use the KDE toolbar (kicker) and that has a pager that I can
> > configure to work exactly like the FvwmPager module.
> > All the 'quick access' stuff is in Fvwm menus and
Chris G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've never quite made my mind up whether to use several Desktops or
> several Pages on one desktop, what are the reasons (if any) for
> choosing one or the other?
Pages seem more useful to me.
If you ever want to see half a window you can.
When my VPN discon
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 04:19:47PM +0200, Hans Voss wrote:
> > Since I'm using gnome-panel I also use the gnome Workspace Switcher
> > which sits happily as an applet in the gnome-panel. The problem is
> > that there is an interaction between the Workspace Switcher and
> > Desktop Effects which is
> Since I'm using gnome-panel I also use the gnome Workspace Switcher
> which sits happily as an applet in the gnome-panel. The problem is
> that there is an interaction between the Workspace Switcher and
> Desktop Effects which is why I want to change the settings in Desktop
> Effects.
>
> I real
I've never quite made my mind up whether to use several Desktops or
several Pages on one desktop, what are the reasons (if any) for
choosing one or the other?
I've never found any use for running a program with a window larger
than my screen size, I rarely (but very occasionally) would like to
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