Ted wrote: > John Taylor wrote: > >> Andrew Oakley wrote: >> >> >>> Ted wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> John Taylor wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Can get the screen to pivot centrally, screen to wobble etc, but no >>>>> **??!! cube >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> In General Settings do you have number of desktops set to 2...I have >>>> Horizontal size 4, vert size 1 and number of desktops 2 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Correct answer. >>> >>> The geometry of the "pivoting" (rotating) desktop virtualiser in Compiz >>> is related directly to the number of horizontal sides. In Ubuntu this >>> defaults to 2, which gives you a geometric plane with a front and back. >>> >>> A cube has 4 workspaces (horizontal sides) plus a top cap and bottom cap. >>> >>> An easy way of setting this whilst Compiz is running, is to right-click >>> the Workspace Switcher on your Gnome panel, select Preferences and >>> change the number of Columns (to 4, for a cube; total 6 sides when you >>> include the top cap and bottom cap). >>> >>> There are other possibilities, such as an extruded triangle (3 >>> workspaces), extruded pentangle (5 workspaces), extruded hexagon (6 >>> workspaces) and so forth. I got up to at least 12 workspaces (extruded >>> dodecagon) before I got bored, and both the Intel i965 and Nvidia >>> GeForce2 graphics cards coped fine with that. If there is an upper >>> limit, it must be a pretty silly one. >>> >>> For ease of use, I typically set my number of virtual desktops to the >>> same as the number of workspaces of my "cube". In that way, if I ever >>> switch Compiz Fusion off (or it crashes - which rarely happens these >>> days), I still have the same number of desktops. >>> >>> I am entirely uncertain what effect the Rows preference has in the >>> Compiz Workspace Switcher. I can't see that it does anything at all, or >>> at least not with the Compiz "Cube". >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Thanks Chaps, simple when you know how, will play for hours! >> >> Regards >> >> John >> >> >> > John.. > The sphere looks good... > > Where are these "round objects" can't see them
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