How do I get an 8 sided cube using Compiz.

[Paul Rumelhart]

Steven Vollom wrote:
> On Monday 16 February 2009 17:30:52 Paul Rumelhart wrote:
>   
>> 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
>>     
> Sometimes when people are kidding me, I don't realize it.  This is fun stuff, 
> but serious to me.  Since the start of this, I have gotten to a position where 
> I have tried all the options in various ways and still don't have it working.  
> Recently, I made a rapid mouse move and something happened to the panel at the 
> bottom of the screen.  It is currently just showing the bottom of four of the 
> icons on the top left corner of the desktop.  So little is showing that I 
> can't read any of them.  To get to Kmail and reading this email, I pressed 
> alt+F2 and typed in Kmail.  Not yet familiar with the konsole, I really don't 
> know how to try and correct whatever happened.  Do you have any ideas for me.  
> By the way, I have been trying to learn how to use Compiz and the rotating 
> cube, so maybe something there is interfering.  Any help would sure be 
> appreciated.  I seem to remember something like dpkg configure or something 
> like that.  Is that code that might help me?
>
> Steven
>   


I don't know what might have happened to your panel, but if you  want to 
run the settings dialog for compiz type Alt-F2 and then type in "ccsm", 
without the quotes.  It's short for "CompizConfig Settings Manager".

Paul