My workspace switcher cannot change names

[Matt Harrison]

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
> After you right-click and select preferences, select the WS that you
> want to rename, then click on it and you will be able to rename it.
>
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I dug around a bit more, and, at least to me, it appears Compiz
prohibits the conventional way of renaming workspaces in Gnome.  I
posted a bit ago with a way to be able to rename them, but it requires
turning Visual Effects off.