[ale] Gnome workspace and overlapping windows

Pete Hardie pete.hardie at sciatl.com
Mon Mar 17 15:25:00 EST 2003


James P. Kinney III wrote:
> Unfortunately, you can't do this using a stock RH8. While the window
> manager supports multiple workspaces, it does not support multiple
> screens within a workspace. In order for an applications window to span
> two screen, they must be on the same workspace.
> 
> A solution is to get the Ximian gnome packages and overlay those with
> the RH8 default. If you upgrade later, RH will gripe, but at least you
> have the setup you want.

Thanks for the tip.  I'll check it out.

> 
> RH8 took away many of the user controls over the desktop environment
> that were in use for 7.x. I'm not particularly happy about them either.

What was galling is that it was a gtk camera tool that was too long for the 
screen!  I mean, if their own toolkit doesn't comply, why use it?



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