Hello, I have activated Compiz Fusion KDE 0.6.2-3.1 on my openSUSE 10.3 system. I was surprised by an increased number of desktops in the switcher applet of the KDE control bar. Now I wonder why there are still eight buttons offered despite I have reduced the setting "Number of desktops" to two. The value "6" will result in 24 buttons. In which source file is the unexpected formula "count * 4" applied? Regards, Markus
On Nov 18, 2007 2:45 PM, Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring at web.de> wrote:> Hello, > > I have activated Compiz Fusion KDE 0.6.2-3.1 on my openSUSE 10.3 system. I was > surprised by an increased number of desktops in the switcher applet of the KDE > control bar. Now I wonder why there are still eight buttons offered despite I > have reduced the setting "Number of desktops" to two. > > The value "6" will result in 24 buttons. In which source file is the unexpected > formula "count * 4" applied? > > Regards, > Markus >You have 4 viewports (probably for cube). So 2 workspaces each with 4 viewports is 8 and so on. Set number of desktops to 1 and things should work. -- Travis Watkins http://www.realistanew.com
> You have 4 viewports (probably for cube). So 2 workspaces each with 4 > viewports is 8 and so on.Thanks for your answer. Would you like to suggest any further references for the relationship between viewports and workspaces? Regards, Markus
Kristian Lyngstøl
2007-Nov-18 22:14 UTC
[compiz] Correcting the number of virtual desktops
On Nov 18, 2007 11:04 PM, Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring at web.de> wrote:> > You have 4 viewports (probably for cube). So 2 workspaces each with 4 > > viewports is 8 and so on. > > Thanks for your answer. > > Would you like to suggest any further references for the relationship between > viewports and workspaces?You can read about large desktop in the EWMH. The essence of it is that with workspaces, the content of other workspaces is unavailable (Thus making, for instance, cube a bit difficult). So Compiz essentially operates on one big workspace/desktop, but splits it into several smaller viewports. So the math for total number of viewports is: vertical resolution * horizontal resolution * number of desktops. - Kristian
> You can read about large desktop in the EWMH.Since when is the support for large desktops specified? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Window_Manager_Hints http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_desktop#Types_of_virtual_desktops Would you like to support navigation with multiple large desktops or workspaces in parallel? I imagine that several desktops can be shown in rows by the Expo plugin. Will the cube plugin be extended to support more than six surfaces? I suggest to add a configuration option for prisms. (The default would be four viewports.) Would you like to place any prisms next to each other? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prism_%28geometry%29> The essence of it is that with workspaces, the content of other workspaces is unavailable > (Thus making, for instance, cube a bit difficult). So Compiz essentially operates on one big > workspace/desktop, but splits it into several smaller viewports.Should GUI controls like pagers and context menus offer any means to distinguish better between these objects? What is the preferred way to display which viewports belong to a specific workspace/desktop? Regards, Markus
> I imagine that several desktops can be shown in rows by the Expo plugin. > > Will the cube plugin be extended to support more than six surfaces? I suggest to > add a configuration option for prisms. (The default would be four viewports.) > Would you like to place any prisms next to each other?There are three attributes in the general options that control the desktop size. Are any indicators needed in the display for the separation of large desktops? Regards, Markus