On Thu, 24 May 2007 07:30:55 +1000 Russell Davie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> On Wed, 23 May 2007 16:17:47 -0400 > Mike Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I believe this is how E17 is designed - and I've been using it for so > > long I cannot even think of going back to using any other desktop > > environment. The icons for windows in the pager is also another reason I > > use E17 everywhere. > > > > > It maybe how its designed, but to scroll desktops by mouse wheel is not set > by default. As its not, the full power of having xinerama run with > independent heads is lost. heads are independant in e17 always in xinerama - you simply added a binding for wheel on the desktop bg. alt+mouse wheel has always changed desktops - anywhere (even over a window). if you use alt+shift+arrow keys it will change desktops (independently), as will ctrl+alt+left/right, alt+f1,f2,f3... and the pager too will change desktops on THAT screen only. > To scroll the desktops via mouse wheel is a feature I have enjoyed since e16 > was in the Debian repositories and missed it when e17 first started up. I > never expected to get independent heads and this is unique in all the window > managers I have tried with xinerama. > > Feature Request: please set as default to scroll desktops via mouse wheel. no - it's very bad to have by default. it is very easy to scroll the wheel accidentally on the desktop - especially with middle mouse click menu. then suddenly your virtual desktop changes as well as the menu popping up. it's bad. if you really want it - add it by all means, but by default it's a bad idea for usability. especially for new users. we do have alt+mousewheel by default EVERYWHERE do this (actually missed popup by default - added). > - R > > > > > Russell Davie wrote: > > > Hi All > > > Thanks for your help in compiling e17! > > > > > > I have managed to get it running in dual heads with a laptop and external > > > lcd. > > > > > > It it now able to run dual monitors in xinerama and also have independent > > > heads! > > > > > > -- > > Mike Russo > > ReadQ Systems, Inc. > > (212) 425-3680 > > > > Random quote of the last-time-I-ran-bash: > > > > I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to speed around a city, > > keeping its speed over fifty, and if its speed dropped, it would > > explode! I think it was called `The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down.' > > > > -- Homer Simpson > > The Springfield Files > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-users mailing list > > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
