[ubuntu-uk] Compiz-Fusion

[Ted]

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>>>>>> Can get the screen to pivot centrally, screen to wobble etc, but no 
>>>>>> **??!! cube
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>>>>> In General Settings do you have number of desktops set to 2...I have 
>>>>> Horizontal size 4, vert size 1 and number of desktops 2
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>>>> Correct answer.
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>>>> The geometry of the "pivoting" (rotating) desktop virtualiser in Compiz 
>>>> is related directly to the number of horizontal sides. In Ubuntu this 
>>>> defaults to 2, which gives you a geometric plane with a front and back.
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>>>> A cube has 4 workspaces (horizontal sides) plus a top cap and bottom cap.
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>>>> An easy way of setting this whilst Compiz is running, is to right-click 
>>>> the Workspace Switcher on your Gnome panel, select Preferences and 
>>>> change the number of Columns (to 4, for a cube; total 6 sides when you 
>>>> include the top cap and bottom cap).
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>>>> There are other possibilities, such as an extruded triangle (3 
>>>> workspaces), extruded pentangle (5 workspaces), extruded hexagon (6 
>>>> workspaces) and so forth. I got up to at least 12 workspaces (extruded 
>>>> dodecagon) before I got bored, and both the Intel i965 and Nvidia 
>>>> GeForce2 graphics cards coped fine with that. If there is an upper 
>>>> limit, it must be a pretty silly one.
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>>>> For ease of use, I typically set my number of virtual desktops to the 
>>>> same as the number of workspaces of my "cube". In that way, if I ever 
>>>> switch Compiz Fusion off (or it crashes - which rarely happens these 
>>>> days), I still have the same number of desktops.
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>>>> I am entirely uncertain what effect the Rows preference has in the 
>>>> Compiz Workspace Switcher. I can't see that it does anything at all, or 
>>>> at least not with the Compiz "Cube".
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>>> Thanks Chaps, simple when you know how, will play for hours!
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>>> Regards
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>>> John
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>> John..
>> The sphere looks good...
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> Where are these "round objects" can't see them
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Settings manager cube reflection & deformation deformation..

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Regards
 Ted Wager
  High Peak UK
   Using Sidux Linux