[ubuntu users] How to get more work spaces--Question 1

[James Michael Fultz]

* Ted Hilts <thilts at mcsnet.ca> [2009-09-29 20:30 -0600]:
>I want to increase the workspaces on Ubuntu vs 8.04 (from 7 to 10 work 
>spaces -- 7 has been set as the limit) as well as Ubuntu vs 9.04 (from 2 
>to 5).  Apparently the manner of doing this is different on 8.04 than on 
>9.04 unless one uses the command line which I tried unsuccessfully for 
>8.04.  A few weeks ago I stumbled on what was supposed to be the command 
>line but it did not work and thereafter Ubuntu crashed and I lost the 
>command line and by the time I got back to this problem I had fogotten 
>where to dig up the command line. I would prefer the command line 
>approach as it gets away from GUI differences and Icon applications.  
>For example 8.04 does not have the same approach as 9.04 which uses an 
>Icon for certain management concerns whereas 8.04 does the same thing 
>using pop up options. 
> 
>Can I get some help on this? 

Could you post the command you've referenced as having found 
earlier?  Using the Preferences menu of the Workspace Switcher 
Applet from the panel should work in any case.  The alternatives 
are gconftool, gconf-editor, and CompizConfig Settings Manager if 
you are using Compiz.  gconftool and gconf-editor can be used in 
case of either Compiz or Metacity window managers, the but the 
key value to be changed will be different.

The following command works here on 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope using 
Compiz:

$ gconftool-2 -t int -s /apps/compiz/general/screen0/options/hsize 7

Presumably, the following would apply if Metacity is used as the 
window manager:

$ gconftool-2 -t int -s /apps/metacity/general/num_workspaces 7