Do you use multiple desktop workspace, if so how?

linux_user · 2019-03-13 05:34:13

hhh wrote:

linux_user wrote:
johnraff wrote:
But switch to Desktop2 makes a handy alternative to "show desktop".
One thing I noticed while doing 'show desktop' or SuperKey+D is that even the conky disappears.
That is not the behavior in default BL anymore, and you can fix it in your conky config by by using 'own_window_type desktop'
In older BL we had it set to normal to allow drag&drop of the conky, but it annoyed me and everyone eventually agreed.

Worked like a charm. Is there any reason why this setting isn't the default in BL distros?

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hhh · 2019-03-13 05:43:43

It's been in the repo for a few months now, but the Helium ISO install sets the old config and upgrading the config package doesn't overwrite it since the old one is located in the users home folder as set by the skel config at installation. In Lithium it will be set to desktop OOTB with no user interaction needed.

linux_user · 2019-03-13 05:57:12

hhh wrote:

It's been in the repo for a few months now, but the Helium ISO install sets the old config and upgrading the config doesn't overwrite it since the old one is located in the users home folder as set by the skel config at installation. In Lithium it will work OOTB with no user interaction needed.

I see. There is one more issue I'd like to address for the Lithium release regarding ARandR. When using multiple monitors, say using a laptop, unplugging the monitor from the laptop doesn't bring back the windows from other monitors to the primary screen (the laptop) unless you go to the settings and uncheck the 'active' status of the other monitor.

An ideal behavior would be to immediately bring back all the windows to the primary screen in case secondary or tertiary monitors are unplugged for whatsoever reason.

Created a new post for this https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?pid=83982

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ohnonot · 2019-03-15 19:28:04

nore wrote:

Five or six workspaces, no preset grouping. I rarely open more than one or two windows in one workspace, so I switch to another when I need to open several applications in parallel to do the job, like drawing, writing, searching, converting and arranging to piece together a document.

funny, i'm almost the same:

6 is the minimum I need not to feel crowded.
The spaces are not dedicated to any type of application, I always found that more restricting than helpful.
I rarely have more than 2 windows open on one (vertical 50/50 split).
my most-used keybinds are for resizing windows to fit in the left or right half, or fully maximise, and move windows betwen workspaces.
esp. when i'm looking at logs or other copious output, i just fill the whole workspace with one terminal window.

I never use "minimise all windows", I always switch to an empty workspace instead.

and no, i could never go back to just one workspace.
everytime i have to use a windows machine i start feeling annoyed straight away.

Nili · 2019-03-16 05:46:37

I have made ten on openbox, but i don't use more than two or in rare cases three.

linux_user · 2019-03-16 07:40:12

Since starting this topic, I had an idea and started using 2 desktops, with 2 being the default on my 5:4 monitor. This makes the icons on tint2 panel somewhere in the center of the panel providing ease of access, rather than at the left top corner of the panel.

So far is working fine, moving between windows using mouse isn't a pain as earlier. Not sure of the long term experience.

linux_user · 2019-03-16 07:46:22

ohnonot wrote:

I rarely have more than 2 windows open on one (vertical 50/50 split).
my most-used keybinds are for resizing windows to fit in the left or right half, or fully maximise, and move windows betwen workspaces.
I never use "minimise all windows", I always switch to an empty workspace instead.

I should try this out.

Bearded_Blunder · 2019-03-16 12:39:29

ohnonot wrote:

everytime i have to use a windows machine i start feeling annoyed straight away.

So instead of feeling annoyed, create some more desktops / workspaces

nore · 2019-03-16 12:43:57

ohnonot wrote:

and no, i could never go back to just one workspace.
everytime i have to use a windows machine i start feeling annoyed straight away.

Workspaces are built in Windows 10. Can't cange the keybind though, and I always end up rotating my desktop sideways.

edit: ninja'd by BB.

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ratcheer · 2019-03-17 12:06:29

I use multiple workspaces with Openbox on my desktop system and Gnome 3 on my notebook.

On my desktop, I usually have a terminal, my password manager, and my web browser in WS 1, Libre Office documents in WS 2, and when I'm using it, a music player in WS 3.

On my notebook, for some reason I do things a little differently. I usually have a terminal in WS 1 and my password manager and web browser in WS 2. I suppose the difference is because I don't use my notebook as heavily as my desktop.

Tim

Döbbie03 · 2019-03-18 04:36:46

I was perusing through Github last night, I cam across a guy who had 22 workspaces! 22! 22! that's twenty two!

damo · 2019-03-18 04:45:50

Isn't that the maximum? I never have more browser tabs open than will fit readably across the screen (ie 8-10), and I hear some folk have dozens

Döbbie03 · 2019-03-18 04:54:00

damo wrote:

Isn't that the maximum? I never have more browser tabs open than will fit readably across the screen (ie 8-10), and I hear some folk have dozens

I have no idea but I was impressed

linux_user · 2019-03-18 05:10:22

Dobbie03 wrote:

I was perusing through Github last night, I cam across a guy who had 22 workspaces! 22! 22! that's twenty two!

Perhaps he was using an ultra wide monitor... super ultra wide monitor.

Döbbie03 · 2019-03-18 05:58:37

linux_user wrote:

Dobbie03 wrote:
I was perusing through Github last night, I cam across a guy who had 22 workspaces! 22! 22! that's twenty two!
Perhaps he was using an ultra wide monitor... super ultra wide monitor.

Maybe he was or maybe he is just crazy?

PackRat · 2019-03-18 12:30:34

damo wrote:

Isn't that the maximum? I never have more browser tabs open than will fit readably across the screen (ie 8-10), and I hear some folk have dozens

Depends on the window manager - from man page fvwm:

The (m by n) size (i.e. number of pages) of the virtual desktops can be
changed any time, by using the DesktopSize command. All virtual
desktops must be (are) the same size. The total number of distinct
desktops does not need to be specified, but is limited to approximately
4 billion total.

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PackRat · 2019-03-18 12:32:41

Dobbie03 wrote:

I was perusing through Github last night, I cam across a guy who had 22 workspaces! 22! 22! that's twenty two!

Remember which window manager? That's the default for spectrwm.

nore · 2019-03-18 15:15:18

PackRat wrote:

limited to approximately 4 billion total.

Nah, that's only short scale billion.

glittersloth · 2019-03-19 02:02:56

On openbox, I think I've never gone beyond 4 workspaces. On the tiling window manager I employ (spectrwm) it's usually 8. For some reason or another I almost always have the web browser on workspaces 3 and 4 - one regular, one private/incognito - and file manager on workspace 5 (I run the session in a VM and use a shared folder). Workspace 1 usually gets all the connection related terminal windows like a speed monitor and connection to the VPS which hosts my VPN. The rest of the workspaces get whatever. I'm not as disciplined as I used to be with regards to dedicating workspaces to specific tasks. Back when I briefly ran wmfs2 session, I was a bit more exacting. If memory serves, it was usually something like: 1.root, 2.htop, 3.webz, 4.priv, 5.mosh, 6.porn, 7.song, 8.misc. Nowadays my workspace management is as scatterbrained as my state of mind.

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hhh · 2019-03-19 02:11:11

How many workspaces on your macs?

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