> X is only a display, and has no virtual desktops. its
> just a grey screen with an X cursor, which basically
> does nothing. it just allows you to run other apps
> within it. blackbox is the app. or any other window
> manager. they control the windows, but they dont
> really "control" the background. they just set an
> image or pattern to X's root window. to have
> different wallpapers in each workspace, you would have
> to re-set it each time you change a workspace. of
> course this is possible, but it would be horribly slow
> and you would quickly realize that it is not something
> you want to do.
I switched to Blackbox from KDE. I really liked the fact that you could
set a different background image for each desktop, but I also remember
that, as you suggest here, it was really, really slow -- every time you
switched desktops there was a short but noticeable pause where it would
switch background images.
So considered from this perspective, I guess it is not so desirable a
feature. :)
Cheers,
Kit
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