Re: `Xorg -configure' failure
On 08/10/11 13:52, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.productions@gmail.com> writes:
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>> An alternative approach to a similar ends is available in KDE - use a
>> very large desktop and "zoom" into particular areas. Alternatively just
>> use more virtual desktops.
>
> Thanks for the nice summary of where things stand and what to do about
> them.
>
> The one above looks most appealing for the lazy. I used kde for a
> long time at one time but grew to dislike it and wanted the simplicity
> of something like fluxbox. So it would be no biggie to go back to KDE
> just for that panning stuff.
Fluxbox may well have a similar function - I'm just unfamiliar with it
(haven't used it extensively for some years).
Perhaps someone on the list can advise before you swap one learning
curve for another.
>
> Using more virtual desktops really is so far from being the same as
> the ability to pan that its not really an alternative. I rarely use
> more than 3/4.
>
> I'm going to try the KDE approach now and see what its like.
>
> I sent you a hellishly long email with all the threaded messages from
> all three threads.
Recieved thankyou (and replied to)
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cheers
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