On Sunday 13 February 2005 05:02 am, Oded Arbel wrote: > On Sunday, 13 ?February 2005 05:30, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 09:53:21 -0600 Phusion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > babbled: > > > I was wondering if other X-Window managers have virtual desktops > > > like enlightenment does? I like the fact that I can move my mouse > > > to the left or right and into another desktop. Some window > > > managers have multiple desktops, but you have to click in the > > > bottom corner to go to that desktop instead of moving the mouse > > > to the left or right. So are there any other window managers that > > > do virtual desktops like enlightenment in that sense? > > > > yes. fvwm like 10+ years ago was doing the mouse to edge to flip to > > a new desktop trick. i can tell you why they dont do it today. it's > > confusing to new/novice users and amazingly confusing. sure it's > > great for power users. > > Most "noob" oriented window managers have this feature but it is > disabled by default. KDE at least has a feature that edge flipping > (they call it "Active Borders") is enabled only when dragging > windows,
In kde 3.3.2 there is also "always enabled", and it works fine. kde not guilty. It's gnome. AFAIK metacity doesn't do edge-flipping so to get it with gnome you start enlightenment when in gnome and save-configuration when you leave gnome. I agree that they've lost their minds. > but this is too disabled by default and only accesible under > an "Advanced" section of the configuration. It's all there and easily accessable, unless they've taken it out since 3.3.2. The trick is to know what "active border" means. daveA -- The only technical exercises for guitar which are worthy of the instrument consist in "Dynamic Guitar Technique". I promise miracles. Get it at: http://www.openguitar.com/dynamic.html daveA David Raleigh Arnold dra..at..openguitar.com ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
