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AgentZ | # 11 | 2010-08-27, 13:05 | Report

so this is a straight install, no playing with X-terminal at all?

geneven | # 12 | 2010-08-27, 14:13 | Report

Originally Posted by Matan View Post

I think that there was a discussion of this feature already. modified-hildon-desktop (which you have if you use 9 views) allows you to change view with the command

gconftool -s /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/views/current -t int 7

(where the 7 may be replaced with the number of view you wish to change to). So all you need is some configuration of Queen Beecon, or DCEW.

It didn't work for me when I tried it just now, but I haven't read much of the documentation yet.

SavageD | # 13 | 2010-08-28, 03:36 | Report

Originally Posted by f2thak View Post

why do people need 9 screens? I would get lost... I only use 1 anyway, and yes I am a power-user! but thats the great thing about this device, you can tailor it to your every need and wish !! (almost)

Uh, I think the goal at the time of they implemented the 9 home screens was this. But that goal has since faded away...

geneven | # 14 | 2010-08-28, 04:31 | Report

The program I used most heavily as an editor was called XyWrite; it was blazingly fast and used up to 9 screens. We used them constantly.

The idea of having a grid of numbers and clicking one to get a given view comes from WindowMaker, among other places.

TiagoTiago | # 15 | 2010-08-28, 04:48 | Report

having the grid have toroidal topology, all spatially connected, with 8-directional/2-degrees-of-freedom swiping, would reduce the need for a "remote control" or "map" that is on all cells to help navigate to other cells

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leetut | # 16 | 2010-08-28, 18:54 | Report

dont work at all for me, nothing happens no matter what buttons i press!

Matan | # 17 | 2010-08-28, 18:57 | Report

Originally Posted by geneven View Post

It didn't work for me when I tried it just now, but I haven't read much of the documentation yet.

Do you have modified-hildon-desktop installed?

What is the output from

gconftool -g /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/views/current

After running the -s command?

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leetut | # 18 | 2010-08-29, 00:52 | Report

cheers bro, i didnt have modified-hildon-desktop installed!
its working great for me now
couldnt get extra wallpapers to work, but after applying an image set to the original 4 desktops i opened the .backgrounds folder and added my own 4 images there, then renamed the 4 i had put there so that the file names matched the 4 from the image set, and changing the numbers in the file names to 5,6,7,8 as im running 8 desktops now
if that makes any sense!

leetut | # 19 | 2010-08-29, 13:28 | Report

9 numbered wallpapers:
(incase you get lost in there!)
(all my own original photos! apart from images 5,6,7)

http://www.mediafire.com/file/36h7vf...20numbered.rar

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captskipton | # 20 | 2010-08-29, 21:31 | Report

Originally Posted by leetut View Post

cheers bro, i didnt have modified-hildon-desktop installed!
its working great for me now
couldnt get extra wallpapers to work, but after applying an image set to the original 4 desktops i opened the .backgrounds folder and added my own 4 images there, then renamed the 4 i had put there so that the file names matched the 4 from the image set, and changing the numbers in the file names to 5,6,7,8 as im running 8 desktops now
if that makes any sense!

hi, im a noob, can you give me a step by step guide on how to find the .background folder and how to chage the black image to one of my own? thank you.