[3ddesktop-dev] Re: Feature requests :-)

On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:39:22PM -0400, Brad Wasson wrote:
> > I discovered a small glitch when using the "flip" mode. Aparently the
> > desktop is not switched quickly enough since the flip-mode is quite
> > fast, so when switching from desktop 1 to 2 it will correctly do the
> > flip, and then for a fraction of a second show desktop 1 again, before
> > desktop 2 is shown. In the other modes there does not seem to be a
> > problem, since they take a little longer (with the zooming etc).
> Does it happen if you set "early_desktop_switch false" in 3ddesktop.conf?
Yes. Aparently it happens regardles of the setting of this option.

> > Also I really can't figure out why the flip-mode always flips from left
> > to right when calling it with --gotoleft or --gotoright, but it flips
> > both ways when using the keys in flip-mode. It changes to the correct
> > desktop, but flipping should be "the other way" when using --gotoright.
> This is a bug.  I will fix it.
Cool!  =)

> > Is there a way of telling 3ddesktop that it should order the 4 desktops
> > as
> >   1  2
> >   3  4
> > instead of putting them all side by side. I am using gnome2.2 with
> > metacity, and the desktop-switcher applet has the ability to show the
> > desktops on two lines, althoug they are virtually side by side. I have
> > not been able to figure out if i can configure it for 2x2 desktops, but
> > only found out how i change the number of desktops. Any suggestions?
> 
> I think the number of rows is a convention that only exists inside of
> the applet (or perhaps metacity) and I don't think there is a way this
> can be discovered or queried by external apps but I could be wrong.
No, you are right. I am fully aware that MetaCity in fact sees the
desktops aligned side by side, but since the applet allows you to
specify the placement in two rows (which saves space on the panel), I
was wondering if there was some way to tell 3ddesktop about this. What I
was thinking was that although all the desktops are side by side, it 
would be nice to allow pressing up to switch from desktop 3 to 1 etc.

In fact this is how metacity is configured as default under RedHat9.0.
When pressing Ctrl+Alt+ one of the arrow keys, it switches eg. from 2 to
4 when pressing down, etc.

> > I guess it could probably flip arround a horizontal axis as well, if i
> > figured out how to configure it for 2x2 desktops instead of 4x1, but it
> > would be nice if this could be "emulated" by 3ddesktop by telling it the
> > "positions" of the desktops.
But say one had a window manager that supported for instance 2x2
desktops, would 
  3ddesk --mode=flip --gotoup
flip arround a horizontal axis, as opposed to the vertical axis used
with --gotoleft and --gotoright??

> > And what exactly is going on when i use "3ddesk --mode=flip" and press
> > up? Now, that looks cool, although it doesn't change anything.
> :-D
What I was thinking was why not be able to flip the desktops like this
when switching from one desktop to another, eg.
3ddesk --mode=flip-diagonal --gotoleft

It certainly looks cool  ;-)

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 Denmark
 
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