[lug] virtual screens on gnome?

[Ralf Mattes]

On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 01:50:31PM -0700, David L. Willson wrote:
> I think my favorite common feature of GNOME 3, Windows 10, and macOS is that they all have a search/launch input box that is quickly and easily accessed with the keyboard or the mouse.
> 
> I suppose that if there's a WM that is better than GNOME 3 in some way (lighter, prettier, more powerful), but it still has that feature, it might be worth trying.

I don't think this is the job of a WM. Since I have rather unusual
multi-monitor needs I use wingo as a WM and use 'gmrun' (from  http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/gmrun/)
as an application launcher. That little gem prompts you with a textbox
to enter a program (with bash-like completition and history). It can be
tweaked/configured with an rc file to add "URL handlers" and to
configure which programs need a terminal to run etc. (by default
Ctr-Enter open a new term).

HTH Ralf Mattes


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> ----- Original Message -----
> > On Sun, 11 Feb 2018 10:28:43 -0700
> > Bear Giles wrote:
> > 
> > > I know I only used a fraction of what was available with unity and
> > > that
> > > I should learn more about Gnome. (Or KDE.) It just never comes up
> > > since
> > > it seems like I only use three apps - chrome, eclipse, and xterm.
> > 
> > I'm getting a kick out of this discussion, since I use Fvwm, and thus
> > have very very few surprises. e.g., the syntax and behavor for the
> > FvwmPager module (virtual desktops) is unchanged since ... 1997? In
> > fact,
> > almost all of my Fvwm config file from back then would still just
> > work.
> > Things in Fvwm land don't just mysteriously vanish, or change just
> > because
> > reasons.
> > 
> > For the most part, I launch programs from the command line, so the
> > question of where the menu item or launch function went just don't
> > apply.
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