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List:       kwin
Subject:    [Bug 147461] New: Possible to have windows span desktops? (very wide
From:       Hank Leininger <hlein () progressive-comp ! com>
Date:       2007-07-02 16:53:14
Message-ID: 20070702185313.147461.hlein () progressive-comp ! com
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           Summary: Possible to have windows span desktops?  (very wide
                    xterms/konsole, etc)
           Product: kwin
           Version: 3.0
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kwin kde org
        ReportedBy: hlein progressive-comp com


Version:           3.0 (using KDE KDE 3.5.7)
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources
OS:                Linux

Perhaps this is possible and I just can't find it: can I have windows span pager'ed desktops?

I typically have several very wide (400+ characters) terminal windows open with tail -f's of Apache logs, \
syslogs, etc.  With a 1600x1200 display and 7x13 font size, that means the windows are about two full \
screen-widths wide.  With fvwm for instance this is no problem, because the desktops are all one virtual \
contiguous space, and windows can easily span multiple desktops; you page to the one you want.  In kwin \
it seems that the desktops are all discrete, and can't share; if you slide a window partway off the right \
side of a desktop, that part isn't visible in any other desktop.

I really miss this feature in kwin; am I just not finding it?   Fvwm also allows fine-grained sliding of \
your viewer window; you can shift in any direction by just a hundred pixels or so at a time--this would \
be nice too but not as important.

I've seen people ask similar questions in the past on mailing lists, etc; the responses given were about \
Desktop->Window Behavior->Advanced->Active Desktop Borders (which doesn't do what I'm talking about \
AFAICS), or setting up a larger Virtual screen in the X server config, which is just an awful approach. \
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