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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Managing multiple desktops
From:       Joseph Garvin <k04jg02 () kzoo ! edu>
Date:       2005-05-15 2:25:27
Message-ID: 4286B317.4090908 () kzoo ! edu
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Seeing as this is mostly a power user thing, I think DCOP scripting
would be the best option for everyone -- users get it to make things
exactly what they want, and developer time isn't wasted.

See my comment in this bug on how I think Kwin's DCOP interface should
be improved:

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34882

(it's the last one)

Aaron J. Seigo wrote:

>On Saturday 14 May 2005 06:45, David Laban wrote:
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>
>>I try to keep one desktop for each of: net, chat, relaxation, mail, real
>>work, and admin(generally has a root terminal on or something) however:
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>in KDE4 i'd like to experiment with making it easier to make the desktops 
>"task/project oriented" so that you can make an "email" desktop and all email 
>things will happen there, for instance. i'm still working on details of how 
>this would work, but i have a suspicion that if done right it would help make 
>virtual desktops more accessible to the general public.
>
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>>1) click the appropriate desktop
>>2) middle click on the taskbar entry so it automatically goes "to current
>>desktop" (or raises itself and gets focus if it's already here)
>>
>>Total: 1 click plus 1 per desktop
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>how about dragging from the taskbar to the pager? (that's already in SVN)
>
>i really don't have a huge ideological thing against what you're requesting 
>though.
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>>Sometimes I wish I knew more about C++/Qt/dcop because a lot of usability
>>related things seem like they'd be pretty simple to code to someone in the
>>know. Does anyone know of any online resources that I could use to get me
>>started?
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>>
>
>learning C++ is best done by a book, IME. there are a number of them at the 
>bookstore / library.
>
>for Qt, it comes with tutorials that you can follow. and developer.kde.org has 
>information on KDE, including extensive API documentation.
>
>btw, this "how do i start issue" is why i'm putting together Lyceum (devel 
>site: http://lyceum.bddf.org). until then .. =)
>
>you can also ask questions on kde-devel@kde.org and on irc in #kde-devel on 
>the freenode.net IRC network.
>
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