John Taylor wrote: > Ted wrote: > >> John Taylor wrote: >> >> >>> Andrew Oakley wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Ted wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> John Taylor wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Can get the screen to pivot centrally, screen to wobble etc, but no >>>>>> **??!! cube >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> In General Settings do you have number of desktops set to 2...I have >>>>> Horizontal size 4, vert size 1 and number of desktops 2 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Correct answer. >>>> >>>> The geometry of the "pivoting" (rotating) desktop virtualiser in Compiz >>>> is related directly to the number of horizontal sides. In Ubuntu this >>>> defaults to 2, which gives you a geometric plane with a front and back. >>>> >>>> A cube has 4 workspaces (horizontal sides) plus a top cap and bottom cap. >>>> >>>> An easy way of setting this whilst Compiz is running, is to right-click >>>> the Workspace Switcher on your Gnome panel, select Preferences and >>>> change the number of Columns (to 4, for a cube; total 6 sides when you >>>> include the top cap and bottom cap). >>>> >>>> There are other possibilities, such as an extruded triangle (3 >>>> workspaces), extruded pentangle (5 workspaces), extruded hexagon (6 >>>> workspaces) and so forth. I got up to at least 12 workspaces (extruded >>>> dodecagon) before I got bored, and both the Intel i965 and Nvidia >>>> GeForce2 graphics cards coped fine with that. If there is an upper >>>> limit, it must be a pretty silly one. >>>> >>>> For ease of use, I typically set my number of virtual desktops to the >>>> same as the number of workspaces of my "cube". In that way, if I ever >>>> switch Compiz Fusion off (or it crashes - which rarely happens these >>>> days), I still have the same number of desktops. >>>> >>>> I am entirely uncertain what effect the Rows preference has in the >>>> Compiz Workspace Switcher. I can't see that it does anything at all, or >>>> at least not with the Compiz "Cube". >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Thanks Chaps, simple when you know how, will play for hours! >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> >>> >> John.. >> The sphere looks good... >> >> >> > Where are these "round objects" can't see them > > John > > Settings manager cube reflection & deformation deformation..
-- Regards Ted Wager High Peak UK Using Sidux Linux -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
