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

[Ted Hilts]

James Michael Fultz wrote:
> * 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
>
>
>   
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You jogged my memory. I think I was trying to use gconftool-2 and I got 
the command line from somehwere -- maybe compiz but it did not have any 
reference in the command line to either compiz or metacity--at least 
what I remember.  There were a number of command lines and gconftool-2 
started these command lines. Sorry, I tried to make a copy of them but 
when my computer crashed all terminal actions were lost.back to where 
that terminal session I lost started.  I've had that happen a number of 
times. Thank you for jogging my memory and it looks like I need to do 
some more reading.  I guess I need to understand the use of these 
windows managers as one of the two command lines you provided.  I am not 
sure I understand the concept of using a windows manager associated with 
a web site and no installation is involved.  I realize that gconftool-2 
is installed on Ubuntu 8.04 and now I remember using the man pages to 
try and understand how to put the command line together which effort on 
my part failed. I will have to go back to the man pages in the light of 
your examples.  You seem to be saying that somehow gconftool-2 can be 
somehow linked to a web site having a special windows manager and that 
combination can be directly used to define the number of work spaces on 
my machine.  If I understand you  then this is very new way of doing 
things--for me anyway.

Thanks very much for taking the time to give me these examples.

Thanks, Ted Hilts
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