On Fri, 11 Jul 1997, Dan Espen wrote:
> Rob Lowrie <lowrie_at_lanl.gov> writes:
> > On Fri, 11 Jul 1997, Dan Espen wrote:
> >
> > > If you work up a patch, I suggest a command like "DistinctDesktops n",
> > > where "n" would limit the "distinct desktops" to 0 thru n.
> >
> > In retrospect, I agree, such a patch would have to go into fvwm2 as
> > opposed to trying to modify FvwmPager. "DesktopRange nStart nStop" might
> > be a better syntax.
>
> It might be, but the negative desktop numbers seems like a mis-feature
> to me. The above syntax seems like it would invite the user to use
> all kinds of strange ranges, and even more than 1 range. However, I
> think the patch writer would have first choice, and Chuck would get
> the last word.
>
> > Originally it seemed a bit strange to have FvwmPager as a module, but I
> > suppose there's someone out there who uses multiple desktops without
> > FvwmPager.
> >
> > The reason I want this feature is so that the following keyboard short
> > cuts (I have a 2x2 pager setup)
> >
> > Key Right A SC Desk 1
> > Key Left A SC Desk -1
> > Key Up A SC Desk -2
> > Key Down A SC Desk 2
> >
> > behave with sanity.
>
> I never run with the pager. (I don't use any modules at all.)
>
> I use a 2x2 desktop and navigate the 4 desks with ctrl arrow:
>
> Key Left A C Scroll -100 0
> Key Right A C Scroll +100 +0
> Key Up A C Scroll +0 -100
> Key Down A C Scroll +0 +100
>
> On the other hand, lots of people here copy my configuration,
> and almost all of them find that they like to run the pager.
>
> Go figure.
>
> > --
> > Rob Lowrie \ Los Alamos National Laboratory
> > lowrie_at_lanl.gov \ Scientific Computing, CIC-19, MS B256
> > http://www.c3.lanl.gov/~lowrie/ \ Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
> >
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>
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Received on Sat Jul 12 1997 - 15:30:32 BST