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From: Joshua Murphy <poisonbl@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: pager independant of window manager
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:34:39
Message-Id: c30988c30812010934w4488a617saf9142ce271b665f@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: pager independant of window manager by Harry Putnam
1 On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:45 AM, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote:
2 > Rodrigo Lazo <rlazo.paz@×××××.com> writes:
3 >
4 > [...]
5 >
6 >> http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/fbpager/
7 >
8 > Yeah, I knew about that one and have tried it but its no more aware
9 > than bbpager (blackbox).
10 >
11 > By that I mean, clicking inside the pager does not transport you to
12 > that desktop. At least I did not see that happen here.
13 >
14 > However I've since found that in blackbox one can use the mouse scroll
15 > wheel to quickly navigate to any desktop and bbpager supplies the
16 > quick visual reference. So I think with a little usage, clicking in
17 > the pager will not be my first thought when needing to change
18 > desktops.
19 >
20 > One other missing ingredient though is that you cannot tell what the
21 > windows displayed inside the pager are. I'm used to seeing what they
22 > are ala kde.
23 >
24 > But again the mouse scroll is so quick, that may not matter much
25 > either. So far I can never remember which way to scroll. but with
26 > only 4 desktops I actually ever use... it still is very quick to mouse
27 > scroll until you find the right one.
28
29 Well... (pulling from http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/fbpager/ )
30 in ~/.fluxbox/fbpager set:
31 fbpager.icons: true
32 fbpager.changeWorkspaceButton: 1
33
34 and in the case of bbpager (which doesn't support icons),
35 in ~/.bbtools/bbpager.bb and ~/.bbtools/bbpager.nobb set:
36 bbpager.desktopChangeButton: 1
37 bbpager.windowMoveButton: 3
38
39 --
40 Poison [BLX]
41 Joshua M. Murphy

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: pager independant of window manager brigante <brigante00@×××××.com>
[gentoo-user] Re: pager independant of window manager Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>