On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 07:15:50PM -0700, Jason Weber wrote: [snip] > FvwmProxy has many details, but it is most evident in three common functions. > > Finding Windows > I'm usually pretty good about keeping organized and knowing the what and > where of my various desks, but sometimes a lot of departmental popup > messages and deferred items get heaped up on one desk. > I hit meta-ESC and every window is represented by window and icon > name, no overlap, and I can push or pop anything I want. (nods) > Firefox-like Tabs > Imagine the tab bar on Firefox, but you can hook in anything on your desktop, > shells, editor sessions, or whatever applications. ?Only one is shown at a > time > and the all match the same size (to the closest they allow). Hit > meta-up and meta-down > to flip through them or hit meta-ESC and see the whole list, ready to pick. > Can you imagine having 10 or 20 shells open on on desk? ?I do it without > hassle. Cool! I didn't realize it could do that. (re-reads FvwmProxy man page) Is that done with the IsolateToggle command? > Ion/Monad Islands > Pick a few shells, drag them to touch each other, and group them. > They now react as one. ?Move a shared edge and all those edges move. > Raise, lower, or move one to another desk, and they all follow along. > Gimp is just an example. True, but I suspect it's the most likely application that I would need that functionality for.
Thanks for the explanation... I shall ponder this. Kathryn Andersen -- _--_|\ | Kathryn Andersen <http://www.katspace.com> / \ | \_.--.*/ | GenFicCrit mailing list <http://www.katspace.com/gen_fic_crit/> v | ------------| Melbourne -> Victoria -> Australia -> Southern Hemisphere Maranatha! | -> Earth -> Sol -> Milky Way Galaxy -> Universe
