Actually it does do something, but I'm not sure if it's good.
I'm running:
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10"
I set the horiz * vertical to 3 * 2, and # Desktops to 2.
(What exactly is the relationship between a Workspace and a Desktop? Ubuntu
doesn't mention the word "Desktop", only "Workspace".)
I then launched emacs and right-clicked it to the workspace to the right. Emacs
disappeared from my current Workspace/Desktop.
It was also absent from all the other Workspaces. The little triangle to the
left of the Emacs icon in the Launcher disappeared, indicating that I couldn't
jump to that instance of Emacs. If I switched to other workspaces and hit
ALT-TAB, the switcher would show several running programs, but not emacs. I ran
"ps" in a shell, and could see that Emacs was still running. If I clicked on
the Emacs Launcher button, a new instance of Emacs would be run, but it would
complain that Emacs was already running. On most of the Workspaces ALT-TAB
would not show an Emacs icon, but one of them did. If I seleted Emacs, the view
would switch to a new, empty, Workspace. If I returned to the Workspace that
had showed Emacs in the Switcher, emacs would no longer show up in the Switcher.
Only when I set the Number of Desktops back to 1 did Emacs return, and
the little triangle to the left of the Launcher also reappear!
The CCSM tab for Desktop Size needs a LOT more text explaining:
1. what the relationship is between a Workspace and a Desktop.
2. A warning that if # Desktops > 1, then either bad stuff happens or some text
on how to switch between Desktops.
3. or that there's a bug, and you should beware.
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