In my opinion the whole workspace thing is a hack implemented against the way X is supposed to work. Each workspace is not traditionally addressable. E.g. I cannot choose which workspace/pane my windowed application opens in - it's always the current one. E.g both
xterm -display :0 & xterm -display :0.0 & open a window in the current workspace but xterm -display :0.1 & fails with an error. In my opinion xterm -display :0 & should best open in the first (or, better, current) workspace on the current X server xterm -display :0.0 & should open in the 1st workspace and xterm -display :0.1 & should open in the 2nd etc Even if you "fix" the current problem the original hack remains. Workspaces should have been implemented differently. Having said that I am very much in favour of a fix to the hack rather than the current situation. Paul Beardsell (another Paul) On 23 May 2010 02:21, 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 the 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
