[OpenIndiana-discuss] additional workspaces in OI151a8?

Tim Mooney Tim.Mooney at ndsu.edu
Thu Oct 10 18:50:16 UTC 2013


In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] additional workspaces in OI151a8?,...:

> if you are using compiz, as Alan said you should be able to access the
> settings under "ccsm" under "General" under "General Settings"
>
> in there you should have "Desktop Size" which should allow you to set the
> number of virtual desktops.

Thanks Jonathan & Alan.  I'm not certain I ever would have realized that
compiz *is* the window manager when visual effects are enabled.  With your
hints I now have several settings tweaked more to my liking.

Thanks again,

Tim

> On 10 October 2013 18:19, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com>wrote:
>
>> On 10/10/13 10:13 AM, Tim Mooney wrote:
>>
>>> I quickly found /apps/metacity/general/num_**workspaces, which was
>>> defaulting to 4.
>>>
>>
>> Metacity is only used if System > Preferences > Appearance > Visual
>> Effects is
>> set to "None" (which it will be automatically if you don't have
>> accelerated 3D
>> drivers for your hardware).   Otherwise compiz is used, which has it's own
>> configuration.
>>
>> --
>>         -Alan Coopersmith-              alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
>>          Oracle Solaris Engineering - http://blogs.oracle.com/alanc
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