On Sat, 24 May 2008, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
# switch desk
Key Left A CM PipeRead "echo GotoDesk $((-1+3*($[desk.n]%3==0))) 0 0 8'
Key Right A CM PipeRead "echo GotoDesk $((1-3*($[desk.n]%3==2))) 0 0 8'
Key Up A CM GotoDesk 3 0 0 8
Key Down A CM GotoDesk -3 0 0 8
quotes at the end of course, s
On Thu, 22 May 2008, Gautam Iyer wrote:
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,
bu
On 22May2008 14:57, 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?
|
| I've never found any use for running a program with a window larger
| than
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 01:23:50AM +0100, John Latham wrote:
>
> So, if you don't want to use the two level structure then perhaps your
> question becomes ``what is the difference between multiple desktops each with
> one page, and multiple pages in one desktop?'' And I guess the answer is
> wheth
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
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
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