[ale] RH8.0: first impressions & QUESTION about KDE

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Friday 28 February 2003 10:02 pm, ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
>
> KDE under SUSE is a better choice. I accept that.
> 1. How do you keep the tasks separated?
> There seems to be no regard for which desktop number I am selecting. It
> still puts all of the same program in one selection bar at the bottom of
> the screen. I want them to stay separate so I don't have to select it so
> carefully. For example, currently, if I open 4 vims, it will put them
> all in a selection menu - To return to one that I want, I must click the
> "vim cluster" then read carefully which vim I want, and click it from
> the pop up menu. That defeats the purpose of having "virtual desktops."
> I cannot separate it by simply putting it in a different desktop.

This is an option in the KDE configuration.  Open the control panel and 
select Desktop->Taskbar.  There is an option "Group similar tasks".  
Your's is probably set to "Always".  Change that to "Never" or "When 
Taskbar is Full" and select the "Apply" button.

Michael
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