I think KDE4.3 has surpassed KDE 3.5.10 ...

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 28 August 2009 16:03:00 MM wrote:
> On 28/08/09 10:20, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Friday 28 August 2009 09:08:23 Anne Wilson wrote:
> >
> > Quicker way - and, I think, the way that I did it:
> >
> > http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/FAQ/4.3#How_can_I_use_virtual_desktops_as_
> >activities_.3F
>
> I have my desktops set up this way (i.e. different activity on each and
> hence different background and widgets). However, there are some
> unexpected results I find.
>
> If I start from a default setting (i.e. 4 desktops with the same
> activity on each) and then select 'Zoom Out' via the cashew, I get a
> zoomed out view of one desktop/activity (fair enough). If I then click
> 'Configure Plasma' and select 'Different Activity For Each Desktop', KDE
> creates the extra activities, but I've now got five. Why five?
>
> I can ignore this, zoom back and then merrily set up each desktop
> independently. However, my enquiring mind doesn't stop there. I notice
> that if I click on the cashew for desktops 1 and 2 (I haven't bothered
> renaming them), there are duplicated options, i.e. I have two of each of
> 'Lock Widgets', 'Shortcut Settings' and 'Zoom Out'. Desktops 3 and 4
> don's have these duplicated options.
>
> If I Zoom Out from any desktop, I see those five activities/desktops
> mentioned above. Four of them display the background and widgets I've
> selected on each desktop. The other is just a bare blue one, the purpose
> of which I don't really understand.
>
As promised, I got answers 'from the horse's mouth'.  The 'extra desktop' is a 
known bug, https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199729, as is the duplicated 
toolsets, although I've not come across a bug report for that and the devs 
didn't point me at one.

The 'extra desktop' is because when you set it up like this it makes a new set 
of desktops, forgetting to re-use your original Desktop 1.

Neither are harmful in any way, just slightly confusing.  They will not be 
fixed, because the part of code that controls this is re-written for the next 
release, which is due very soon.  IOW, both will disappear after an update 
before very long.

Anne
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