some Unity configuration issues

[Smoot Carl-Mitchell]

On Thu, 2011-10-27 at 11:20 +0100, Adam Funk wrote:
> I have two monitors side by side.  The launcher appears on the LH side
> of the RH monitor.  How can I move it to the LH side of the LH monitor
> (or the RH side of the RH monitor, for that matter --- or anywhere but
> in the middle)?

I am running Unity with two monitors and the launcher is in on the left
hand side of the LH monitor.  It may have something to do with which
monitor is the primary monitor for booting.  My setup is my noteobook
with a second monitor where the LH monitor is the notebook LCD display.

> Unity comes with four workspaces in a 2×2 arrangement --- where can I
> change that?  (I want four workspaces in one row, so I only need
> ctl-alt-left and ctl-alt-right enabled to move between them.)

The number of workspaces is configurable in gconf.  It is under
apps->metacity-general->num_workspaces.  I have not figured out how to
get it to display the workspaces in one row, however.

> I don't like having a window's main menu bar appear in the panel ("Mac
> style"); is there any way to move it universally back to the top of
> each window, where I'm used to finding it?

I do not like it either, but it does same screen real estate which I
think is the intent.  Mac style menus on large screens with small
windows is annoying, but I can live with it.

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