Desktop effects, workspaces, and the workspace switcher

Colin Paul Adams colin at colina.demon.co.uk
Fri Jun 20 15:12:21 UTC 2008


>>>>> "Patrick" == Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com> writes:

    Patrick> On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 07:29 +0100, Colin Paul Adams wrote:
    >> I have a 7x3 arrangement of workspaces.
    >> 
    >> I just tried turning on desktop effects. Immediately I notice
    >> that the switcher no longer displays an iconic representation
    >> of windows in other workspaces. Is there a way to restore this
    >> behaviour?
    >> 
    >> I'm also a little confused about worksapces on a cube - it
    >> seems to be that each individual workspace has a total of 7
    >> desktop panes. This seems rather peculiar to me, as a cube has
    >> 6 faces (or it did last time I looked). So I now seems to have
    >> about 147 desktop panes, which is rather more than I need - I
    >> think i should cut down on my workspace count :-).
    >> 
    >> Anyway, I thought I'd ask here for help. I did try System->Help
    >> first, but a help window opens, and then immediately fades,
    >> which isn't exacttly helpful! Is there a configuration for
    >> desktop effects?  (apart from the turn-on, workspace-on-a-cube,
    >> wobbly windows bit).
    >> 
    >> Where is the documentation on all these phenomenona?

    Patrick> KDE or Gnome?

GNOME.
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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire




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