Re: Workspace/desktop switching

2003-11-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 01:19:41AM -0600, Alex Malinovich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I've been seeing a lot of discussions about various WM's lately, and > everyone seems to be extremely concerned about easy workspace > switching. I'm just wondering what exactly everyone uses workspaces > for?

Re: Workspace/desktop switching

2003-11-19 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 01:19:41AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I've been seeing a lot of discussions about various WM's lately, and > everyone seems to be extremely concerned about easy workspace switching. > I'm just wondering what exactly everyone uses workspaces for? Every once > in a while,

Re: Workspace/desktop switching

2003-11-18 Thread Deryk Barker
I've been using multiple desktops for years - in fact since I first acquired a 486-25 (!) at work, the first machine I had which had enough "welly" to run X. fvwm-2 was the window manager. My reasons are the same as most that have been quoted already: I use desktop 1 for xterms, 2 for xemacs, 4 fo

Re: Workspace/desktop switching

2003-11-18 Thread David Z Maze
Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Alex Malinovich wrote: > >> I've been seeing a lot of discussions about various WM's lately, and >> everyone seems to be extremely concerned about easy workspace switching. >> I'm just wondering what exactly everyone uses workspaces for?

Re: Workspace/desktop switching

2003-11-18 Thread Terry Hancock
On Tuesday 18 November 2003 01:19 am, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I've been seeing a lot of discussions about various WM's lately, and > everyone seems to be extremely concerned about easy workspace switching. > I'm just wondering what exactly everyone uses workspaces for? Use #1: Efficient parallel

Re: Workspace/desktop switching

2003-11-18 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 01:19:41AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: } I've been seeing a lot of discussions about various WM's lately, and } everyone seems to be extremely concerned about easy workspace switching. } I'm just wondering what exactly everyone uses workspaces for? Every once } in a while,

Re: Workspace/desktop switching

2003-11-18 Thread cr
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 20:19, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I've been seeing a lot of discussions about various WM's lately, and > everyone seems to be extremely concerned about easy workspace switching. > I'm just wondering what exactly everyone uses workspaces for? Every once > in a while, if I'm doing t

Re: Workspace/desktop switching

2003-11-18 Thread Rthoreau
Date: Today 01:35:32 >> On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 01:19:41AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: >> I've been seeing a lot of discussions about various WM's lately, and >> everyone seems to be extremely concerned about easy workspace switching. >> I'm just wondering what exactly everyone uses workspaces

Re: Workspace/desktop switching

2003-11-18 Thread Serge Gebhardt
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 01:19:41 -0600 Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi > I've been seeing a lot of discussions about various WM's lately, and > everyone seems to be extremely concerned about easy workspace > switching. I'm just wondering what exactly everyone uses workspaces > for? Ever

Re: Workspace/desktop switching

2003-11-18 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya alex On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I've been seeing a lot of discussions about various WM's lately, and > everyone seems to be extremely concerned about easy workspace switching. > I'm just wondering what exactly everyone uses workspaces for? Every once > in a while, if I'm

Re: Workspace/desktop switching

2003-11-18 Thread Tom
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 01:19:41AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I've been seeing a lot of discussions about various WM's lately, and > everyone seems to be extremely concerned about easy workspace switching. > I'm just wondering what exactly everyone uses workspaces for? Every once > in a while,

Workspace/desktop switching

2003-11-18 Thread Alex Malinovich
I've been seeing a lot of discussions about various WM's lately, and everyone seems to be extremely concerned about easy workspace switching. I'm just wondering what exactly everyone uses workspaces for? Every once in a while, if I'm doing two things at once that each require 5 windows a piece, I'l