My workspace switcher cannot change names

[Chris Mohler]

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:
> The docs I see on the Gnome panel suggest that it should be easy to apply
> names to the workspaces in the switcher.  I've found it impossible to even
> find a place to try.
>
> If I right-click on a workspace in the switcher, I can select preferences
> but the only preferences available are the number of rows and columns.
> I haven't found anything else that even comes close.
> I don't see anything relevant in the System -> Preferences menu either.

Open a terminal, do 'gconf-editor', then browse to
apps/metacity/workspace names.

I've not tested this, but those certainly look like the right keys - I
have effects turned off, so I don't really need/see the names. (I'm
assuming you want the names to show up when it does the
compiz-slidy-thing when changing work spaces)

HTH,
Chris