On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:02:30 -0700 TTK Ciar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
the reason is - there is no point. desktops are an array - sure, but what is the fundamental difference to YOU that you cannot do all your virtual desktop work/satisfy your needs with a grid? in e17 windows that are half off the virtual desktop to the lft will not appear on the desktop to the right, so in that respect they behaves as multiple desktops. you can have a different wallpaper per virtual desktop - e16 did not allow this, only per multiple desktop. so the limitations in e16 are not there in e17, thus i see no need for it. there is no code/infrastructure to provide multiple desktops AND virtual in e17 - it would need to be added. also virtual desktops are simpler than a combination of virtual and multiple - less confusing for users. > Hello! > > Thank you for developing Enlightenment. It has proven an excellent, > versatile, and stable window manager. It has spoiled me for other, > lesser environments. > > E16 has proven more and more difficult for me to get installed on > newer versions of operating systems, especially on 64-bit systems > (due to limitations in freetype and freetype2, mostly, not E16 > itself), so I recently took the plunge and installed E17. On the > most part I am quite pleased with it, but noticed that it lacked the > "Multiple Desktops" feature, providing only a 2D array of virtual > desktops for managing my workspace. > > Some searching around led me to the Enlightenment discussion forums > on forum.enlightenment.org (where alanm helpfully pointed me in your > direction) and sourceforge, where I found this thread in this mailing > list's archives: > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=b057382e0702010939q126539e0t3b7eca63f2108ac6%40mail.gmail.com > > ---------------------------------------------- > > Re: [e-users] E17 - Mulitple Desktops > From: Nathan Ingersoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 2007-02-01 17:39 > > I believe raster decided to drop multiple desktops for e17. > > On 2/1/07, Brian Vance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I understand how to configure virtual desktops. The feature that I'm > > looking for is how to create _multiple_ independent desktops. Each of > > which have virtual desktops. This is how E16 was configured out of the > > box. The mouse scroll wheel was used to flip between each independent > > desktop. You could use edge-flip to switch between desktops 1-4 then > > scroll the mouse wheel to jump to desktops 5-8. > > ---------------------------------------------- > > Further searching did not yield up additional context surrounding > the decision to drop multiple desktops from E17. I am very > interested in seeing this useful feature returned to Enlightenment. > Might I ask why it was removed? Was there a lack of interest in > the feature? Did it make additional development more difficult? > Was it confusing new users? Knowing the "why" will help me figure > out feasible options going forward. I have looked for a CVS log > in the cvs snapshots, but did not find any. The e17 CVS module is > co'ing while I write this letter, and I am about to look through > there for hints. > > I would appreciate any insight! :-) > > Respectfully, > -- TTK Ciar, Software Engineer > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
