Go, Ryan, Go! Wahoo! Kind regards, -Paul Reiber Phone: (210)854-8253 Email: p...@reiber.org Web: http://bit.ly/reiber
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Ryan Beard <lampwic...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Paul - I had a similar prognosis. My initial plan is to develop a > universal workspace switcher - one that will query (and monitor) the > window manager to determine the compositing engine, and then play along. > I'm reading up on some of the compiz APIs now. I'd really like to > incorporate some additional GUI mechanisms while I'm at it. For > example, I think it would greatly enhance the functionality to have OS X > Dock-like 'zoom-on-mouse-over' to allow for easier and more accurate > selection/placement of windows within the applet. I probably won't get > started coding until Monday, but hopefully I can have something to play > with next week. This will be a bit of a learning experience for me, but > I figure this is a good place to get introduced to linux development. > > -ryan > > On Sat, 2010-05-22 at 19:41 +0000, PaulReiber wrote: >> Ryan - here's my understanding of this issue. I believe, at the heart >> of the issue is that Compiz handles virtual desktops quite differently >> than Metacity. >> >> Because of this, it "fakes" any apps using the Metacity virtual >> desktop API into thinking there's only one virtual desktop. I'm not >> sure of the details of how it does this; review the thread on this bug >> for some leads (hopefully). >> >> I haven't reviewed any of the patches that've been identified, because >> they slipped my attention; I wasn't aware any coding work had been >> done by anyone to attempt to address this. I believe the key to doing >> this right is to have the applet be compiz-aware, and use the proper >> API if it's running; it'll be interesting to see what the patches do. >> >> Looking forward to collaborating with you on a solution. >> >> Kind regards, >> -Paul Reiber >> Phone: (210)854-8253 >> Email: p...@reiber.org >> Web: http://bit.ly/reiber >> >> >> >> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Ryan Beard <lampwic...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> > Thanks Paul. I've downloaded the Grub development kit, and I'll be >> > setting up conary today. I'll let you how things go. >> > >> > -ryan >> > >> > On Fri, 2010-05-21 at 22:36 +0000, PaulReiber wrote: >> >> Ryan, >> >> >> >> If you're willing to dig/investigate, code, debug, and submit, I'm >> >> certainly willing to help. >> >> >> >> I've been programming/administering UNIX for ~30 years, Linux for ~15. >> >> My strengths are... well, pretty wide-reaching, but not so much in the >> >> GUI/Gnome/Window-manager/Virtual-Desktop coding details, or I would >> >> have fixed this myself a long time ago. >> >> >> >> Let me know if/when you get stuck and I'll do my best to get you >> >> un-stuck. Contact me off-list at p...@reiber.org any time. >> >> >> >> Kind regards, >> >> -Paul Reiber >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Ryan Beard <lampwic...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> > Paul - >> >> > >> >> > I'm actually referring to the patch attached to this bug (posted in >> >> > comment #34: betterpatch.diff). It appears to target pager.c, but I >> >> > can't find that file in 10.04. >> >> > >> >> > I haven't researched the Fedora patch yet, but I will look into that. >> >> > >> >> > I'm new to Gnome, and linux in general (been an >> >> > OpenSuse/Kubuntu/LinuxMint user for the past year), but I actually >> >> > noticed this bug within the first 30 minutes after installation. I'd >> >> > like to help if at all possible (I was a heavy .net programmer, but I've >> >> > been living in Qt Creator for the last 6 months), but I figured I should >> >> > start with whatever work has already been accomplished - this patch, and >> >> > the alleged Fedora patch - and build from there. >> >> > >> >> > Thanks for the help. >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Can't drag a window to another workspace >> >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150690 >> >> > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber >> >> > of a duplicate bug. >> >> > >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > Can't drag a window to another workspace >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150690 >> > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber >> > of a duplicate bug. >> > >> > > -- > Can't drag a window to another workspace > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150690 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of a duplicate bug. > -- Can't drag a window to another workspace https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150690 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
