Re: Theme patriation

[Allin Cottrell <cottrell wfu edu>]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008, Xavier Bestel wrote:

> Hi Allin,
> 
> On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 20:34 -0400, Allin Cottrell wrote:
> > 1) I like to run an analog clock on my desktop...
> 
> Did you try cairo-clock ?
> http://macslow.thepimp.net/?page_id=23

Disclaimer: I'm an old fart and a grouch.  But I really, really 
don't want to have to run compiz just to get an analog clock! I 
want my CPU cycles to be available for computations I'm interested 
in.

> > 2) If desktop software supports multiple virtual desktops -- and 
> > of course it should -- it seems rudimentary that you should be 
> > able to specify that a given app always starts on desktop N...

> You should use Devil's Pie for that:
> http://burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie

Looks interesting, though if devil's pie is third party, it looks 
as if you need a fourth party app to provide a GUI for devil's 
pie.  Sawfish does all this, with GUI, in one WM.

Allin Cottrell