[3ddesktop-dev] Re: Fluxbox support?

I have tried this patch and it appears to work for me, I can now start 
3ddeskd with the default options and it appears to work correctly with 
fluxbox.


Brad Wasson wrote:

>I have a patch to fix some problems in fluxbox that prevents
>3ddesktop from getting up to date workspace info.  If anyone
>wants to try it and confirm it works before I post it to the
>fluxbox list that would be cool.  Its against 0.1.14.
>
>http://desk3d.sourceforge.net/dl/fluxbox-0.1.14-workspace.patch
>
>There is also still a problem in 3ddesktop having to do with when 
>the signal to switch workspaces is given.  The workspace is set 
>when you hit enter to select a desktop and that causes some 
>windows/apps to show up before the zoom out animation is complete.  
>I will fix that but the main problem should be resolved with this 
>patch.
>
>--Brad
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>Bart Dorsey wrote:
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>>Here's the options from the rules file for the debian package.
>>
>>      ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man 
>>--sysconfdir=/etc/X11/fluxbox \
>>      --enable-kde --enable-gnome --enable-slit --enable-xinerama )
>>
>>I tried with --workspaces and 3ddesktop only sees one desktop with that 
>>setting.
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>>Brad Wasson wrote:
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>>>I've gotten a couple emails from people with this 
>>>very same problem.  It is not expected or intended behavior 
>>>at all.  I will do my best to get it resolved.  I can't try 
>>>fluxbox myself right now but should be able to investigate by 
>>>the weekend.  
>>>
>>>In the meantime, do you know if the fluxbox in Debian sid is 
>>>compiled with --enable-gnome?  Did you try the --workspaces 
>>>flag to 3ddeskd?  
>>>
>>>--Brad
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>>>Bart Dorsey wrote:
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>>>>I'm using fluxbox in Debian sid (unstable)
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>>>>ii  fluxbox        0.1.13-1
>>>>ii  3ddesktop      0.2.4-1
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>>>>Here's what I notice, if I start 3ddesk from any of my virtual
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>>>desktops, 
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>>>>it defaults to desktop "1", but shows the picture from my current 
>>>>desktop... if I just blindly hit "enter" then it switches me to my
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>>>first 
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>>>>fluxbox desktop, even if I started out on one of the others.
>>>>
>>>>Is this expected behaviour? Or is it just lack of support for fluxbox?
>>>>
>>>>I tried some of the --gnome and --kde switches, and they didn't
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>seem to 
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>>>>help.
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>>>>What I'd like to do is bind --gotoright and --gotoleft to the fluxbox 
>>>>commands for left and right desktops, but this doesn't work
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>either, as 
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>>>>it always ends up sending me to desktop 4 (my last desktop) for a
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>left 
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>>>>and desktop 2 (my second desktop) for a right. (it's starting on
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>>>desktop 
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>>>>1 no matter what I do)
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>>>>Thanks for creating a very nifty program though!
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