FVWM: Desktops versus Pages - how to use?

2008-05-22 Thread Chris G
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

Re: FVWM: If I enable Desktop Effects fvwm2 crashes

2008-05-22 Thread Chris G
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 if i

Re: FVWM: Desktops versus Pages - how to use?

2008-05-22 Thread Elliot S
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.

Re: FVWM: Desktops versus Pages - how to use?

2008-05-22 Thread John Latham
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

Re: FVWM: Desktops versus Pages - how to use?

2008-05-22 Thread John Latham
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 two

Re: FVWM: Desktops versus Pages - how to use?

2008-05-22 Thread Gautam Iyer
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 up

Re: FVWM: Desktops versus Pages - how to use?

2008-05-22 Thread Chris G
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 to drag

Re: FVWM: Desktops versus Pages - how to use?

2008-05-22 Thread Thomas Adam
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. -- Thomas

Re: FVWM: Desktops versus Pages - how to use?

2008-05-22 Thread Chris G
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 the one I

Re: FVWM: Desktops versus Pages - how to use?

2008-05-22 Thread Gautam Iyer
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} exists.

Re: FVWM: Desktops versus Pages - how to use?

2008-05-22 Thread Thomas Adam
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

Re: FVWM: Desktops versus Pages - how to use?

2008-05-22 Thread Gautam Iyer
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. How

Re: FVWM: Desktops versus Pages - how to use?

2008-05-22 Thread John Latham
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 the one

Re: FVWM: Desktops versus Pages - how to use?

2008-05-22 Thread Gautam Iyer
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 operation. How