Work Space Switcher - feature, howto ??

Andrew Bacchi bacchi at rpi.edu
Fri Apr 11 15:10:42 UTC 2008


If you know C, you can find the .c file for the code and rewrite and 
recompile the switcher there.  I recall back around RedHat 4, the 
switcher used to change the desktop image, but I think it used too much 
memory, and it was abandoned.



William Case wrote:
> Hi;
>
> Just a thought.  I would like to setup my workspace switcher so that
> when I switch work spaces it will show different wallpaper on my
> desktop.  Also, if possible, I would like to attach my launcher icons on
> my desktop (not on the panels) to a specific workspace so that when I
> switch work spaces a new set of launchers appropriate to that work space
> are shown.
>
> I guess my questions are:
>
> Is this difficult to accomplish ?
>
> Is it something I can do by writing some simple code for a file; which
> file ?
>
>
>
>   

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Andrew Bacchi
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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