On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 07:50:33AM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2022 12 Mar 06:38 -0600, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 07:22:11AM -0500, The Wanderer wrote: > > > > > > The other defines multiple separate "desktops", which are logically > > > arranged into a grid for purposes of indexing and access, but which are > > > individually independent; anything sticking off the edge of any one of > > > them is not visible anywhere. That, as I understand matters, is the > > > feature commonly called "virtual desktops". It's my understanding that > > > this feature *is* possible via, and maybe even directly supported by, > > > Wayland. > > > > And then, there are window managers (Fvwm) which offer "big" desktops > > (where the visible screen is a window into, which can be moved around > > seamlessly) and then several of that "virtual desktops". > > That is what I recall from a bit over 25 years ago when I bought a 1.2 > GB hard drive to have enough space to install the X disk sets in > Slackware 96 [...] Ah, memories. I'm older: my first one was Twm ;-P After an excursion which took me all the way to Gnome (I liked those around 2-ish, actually), then to Xfce I'm back with Fvwm. Phew. Fvwm95 I never understood: it wants to look & feel like Windows95. I hated Windows since 3.1 :-) > Gnome calls them "workspaces" and I typically use four per screen. To come back on topic: can Gnome (is their WM still called Metacity?) straddle workspaces with the viewport? Otherwise we'll stick with our more advanced WMs ;-) Cheers -- t
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