RE: GNOME pager odd under sawfish

[Jean Schurger <jk24 schurger org>]

try middle-click on your desktop ;)


On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 08:52:01 Christopher Hahn wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Well...I switched to sawfish as window manager but I do not
> see "Customize" in the context menu of the desktop.
> 
> Odd! 
> 
> I see: New, Arrange Icons, Tidy Icons, Create new window, 
> Rescan Desktop directory, Rescan devices, Recreate default icons,
> Configure background image, desktop properties.
> 
> I look at the last listed but it did not have the "number
> of virtual desktops" settings that started my search.
> 
> Thank you for trying!
> 
> Christopher
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hansen [mailto:stephen@cerebralmaelstrom.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 10:52 PM
> To: Christopher Hahn
> Cc: gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject: RE: GNOME pager odd under sawfish
> 
> 
> Another way to access Sawfish config is to right-click on your desktop,
> click 'Customize', and 'All Settings'. That will start Sawfish's own
> little configger with all the options to setup the WM.
> 
> --S
> 
> On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Christopher Hahn wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hey,
> > 
> > Thank for the info. A real rtm question, as it turns
> > out.
> > 
> > But when I try selecting the "Workspaces" submenu of 
> > the new sawfish section of the Control Center the main
> > area (the large right-middle frame) where the options
> > should be presented is *blank*.
> > 
> > Now the CC is not locked...or at least it repaints when it
> > is uncovered...but none of the sawfish option panes is 
> > available.
> > 
> > This might have something to do with my having to take over
> > for the Helix update program (which kept seg faulting), 
> > but sawfish seems to work otherwise.  Is there a specific 
> > RPM that I need to install to add just this control?
> > 
> > Thanks again for the time,
> > 
> > Christopher
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gordon Messmer [mailto:yinyang@eburg.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 4:50 PM
> > To: Christopher Hahn
> > Cc: gnome-list@gnome.org
> > Subject: Re: GNOME pager odd under sawfish
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Christopher Hahn wrote:
> > 
> > > I just upgraded my GNOME install via Helix and when I tried switching
> > > to the Sawfish window manager I found that my Pager only had one 
> > > virtual desktop in it.
> > 
> > Click on the : Gnome button->Settings->Sawfish window manager->Workspaces
> > 
> > There, you will be able to configure the number and dimensions of your
> > workspaces.
> > 
> > MSG
> > 
> > 
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