Re: Window Manager configuration utilities

[Nathan Clemons <nathan windsofstorm net>]

Ok, I think I must have misread one of the documents I was reading, then.
Even if the technical detail isn't quite on-base, I think the principle
behind it does remain the same, however.

--Nathan.

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On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Matthias Clasen wrote:

> > I disagree. For those window managers which implement virtual desktops as
> > different screens :0.0, :0.1, etc. their config tool could have a method
> > to set backgrounds based on the workspace. I do not believe GNOME has this
> > functionality, and it should be left to the WM config tool to handle. And
> > considering that background images are set by a majority of themes, I
> > think this is the easiest way.
> 
> A wm cannot implement virtual desktops as different screens. Screens are
> an X protocol concept: either the server provieds multiple screens or not.
> The wm may manage them all or only one of them. But virtual desktops are
> usually tied to one screen; otherwise it wouldn't be possible to move 
> windows between desktops (since you can't move windows between screens).
> 
> Regardless of this, it should be possible to set different backgrounds on
> different workspaces, and it should also be possible to implement that
> in the gnome background capplet, since it can simply monitor the 
> _NET_DESKTOP property.
> 
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> Matthias Clasen, 
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> Email: clasen@mathematik.uni-freiburg.de
> Mathematisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg
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