[DC LoCo] 9.10 notes

[flint at flint.com]

Dear Jeremy,

Your mention that Desktop Switcher is being removed from the repositories 
is very interesting.  While I am a member of lauchpad, I cannot gain 
access to the report: https://launchpad.net/bugs/443928.  The message 
mentions that I have no privilede to this report.  Could you please post a 
summary of the bug report here?

I really like Desktop Switcher.

Thanks in advance and...

Kindest Regards,

Paul

On Sun, 1 Nov 2009, Lucas Moten wrote:

> Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 19:53:28 -0500
> From: Lucas Moten <lucas.moten at gmail.com>
> To: ubuntu-us-dc at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [DC LoCo] 9.10 notes
> 
> Jeremy,
>
> Wow! I never knew that existed.  I think that is a Compiz effect, which may
> not be installed/binded by default?  Then again, maybe not, as a close
> examination of my settings has this for both Compiz, and a feature of WIndow
> Preferences.  In the past I've always right clicked the app in the task bar
> and chosen "Move" and done it that way (I have to do it this way to when i
> remote desktop to a windows box with multiple monitors with apps on the
> second monitor not exposed to remote desktop).
>
> Good to know this spiffy shortcut exists.  Only problem is, its not real
> handy for windows that are too tall for the screen, since you can move above
> the top of the screen.  I also discovered that CTRL+ALT (Compiz) pulls
> everything back so it may be useful to at least see the layout or what's
> selected provided that feature is installed.  Note: I did these checks on
> 8.04LTS with Gnome 2.22.3, Nautilus 2.22.5.1, using Compiz Settings Manager
> 0.7.4, so this may not be reliable as a workaround, particularly since
> Compiz bindings can be changed and I don't know if that is the default.
>
> In this circumstance, I'd have to opt for Chucks tabbing approach.  It sure
> would be nice if the window rendering routines could detect these conflicts
> between screen height and window height (and widths) and add scroll bars for
> the client area of the window as appropriate.  To that end, does anyone know
> of a window manager that does such a thing?
>
> The commentary here indicates this problem has been going on for quite some
> time and affects many applications: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/9030/.
>
> Anyone recall what settings to change to be able to scroll the entire
> virtual workspace?  That is, I believe there was a way that you can set your
> workspace resolution higher then your screen resolution and alt drag around
> that.
>
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Jeremy Bicha <jeremy at bicha.net> wrote:
>
>> Chuck,
>>
>> Until recently, there was a handy tool to switch back & forth between a
>> standard desktop and the Ubuntu netbook remix called desktop-switcher but
>> that was removed from the repositories because of various issues. See
>> https://launchpad.net/bugs/443928 . The netbok remix is a lot faster in
>> Karmic & a bit more polished but it's annoying that it's a bit of a pain to
>> switch back and forth.
>>
>> To move a window so you can access other buttons, try the Alt trick. Click
>> and hold the left mouse button while holding Alt; now you should be able to
>> move the window.
>>
>> Jeremy
>>
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Kindest Regards,



Paul Flint
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