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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Accessing Virtual Desktops
From:       Luke Bigum <catach () tpg ! com ! au>
Date:       2004-01-30 0:59:18
Message-ID: 200401301153.11550.catach () tpg ! com ! au
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On Friday 23 January 2004 10:05, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> Well, they are called "virtual" for a reason ;-) A virtual desktop is just
> a smart way of grouping a bunch of windows and hiding and showing certain
> groups at certain times. So "being on desktop 1" merily means that all the
> windows that belong to group 1 are being shown and all the others are
> hidden. When you switch to desktop 2, all the windows of group 1 are being
> hidden and all the windows of group 2 are shown. As far as the X-server is
> concerned there is only one desktop (screen, or whatever you call it) just
> with different windows shown on it from time to time.

I almost understand now :). Just to check however: if i have 6 virtual 
desktops that means i have 6 seperate window trees correct?(with only one 
active at one time). Where does Kwin store this data and is it possible to 
access it all?

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