How do I get an 8 sided cube using Compiz.

[Paul Rumelhart]

Steven Vollom wrote:
>> Here is another resource:
>> http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?t=1010
>>
>> From reading that thread and others in the google cache, it looks like
>> you will have n*2 sides, when hsize=n.
>>     
>
> I read all the posts and made a reply myself.  It did not really relate to my 
> condition.  I actually had an octacube ??.  It had eight sides on the selfsame 
> screen.  You could rotate and move it my dragging and holding down the left 
> mouse button.  If you rotated it toward yourself, you could see the pages 
> inside, and by clicking on the page you wanted it would rotate to that page.  
> Now, I am trusting a not totally reliable memory, but that is what I remember.
>
> Dotan, that is the feature I liked.  I would have my email package on one 
> page, various applications on other sides, sometimes several different web 
> pages, all relating to the same work effort.  You know me; I barely have any 
> memory at all, so this way, I did not have to rely on my memory or taking 
> notes on an office doc to keep up to speed with the work, I simply looked inside 
> the octacube, selected the appropriate page and instantly moved to the needed 
> reference.  It made my life a lot easier and more efficient.  The only problem 
> was memory use, but I know with 8gb of memory in my new computer, it will be 
> able to handle it.
>
> Steven
>   


Steven,

What you are after I think is the following:

In the Settings Manager, go to General compiz options, display settings 
tab, and set the horizontal virtual size to 8, the vertical virtual size 
to 1, and the number of desktops to 1. 

That's how I currently have mine setup.  It gives you eight desktops 
that you can rotate between.  Techincally, it's a ten-sided object, 
because the top and bottom sides are octagons.

You change the 8 to be the number of desktops you want.  Four gives you 
the traditional cube, three gives you a triangular object, and two gives 
you effectively a two-sided rectangle. 

Paul