From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert Marshall" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: [jonathan.the-seng1@etud.univ-ubs.fr: bug emacs] Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 12:42:36 +0000 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <15519.6972.560000.363430@mail.chezmarshall.freeserve.co.uk> References: <200203241553.g2OFrPA02755@aztec.santafe.edu> <200203251201.g2PC1XV03088@aztec.santafe.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1017060321 14287 127.0.0.1 (25 Mar 2002 12:45:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 12:45:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16pTqi-0003iK-00 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 13:45:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16pTqg-0007Bp-00; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 07:45:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mailbox2.ucsd.edu ([132.239.1.54]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16pTo4-00073l-00 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 07:42:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.e-corp.co.uk ([195.224.146.6]) by mailbox2.ucsd.edu (8.12.1/8.12.1) with SMTP id g2PCgX3o000907 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 04:42:34 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: (qmail 27739 invoked from network); 25 Mar 2002 12:42:35 -0000 Original-Received: from powertec-bk.u-net.com (HELO SWC-MAN-L004.chezmarshall.freeserve.co.uk) (195.102.208.198) by mail.e-corp.co.uk with SMTP; 25 Mar 2002 12:42:35 -0000 X-Mailer: emacs 21.2.1 (via feedmail 8 I); VM 7.03 for GNU Emacs 21.2.1 using trivial-cite 0.11.6 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <200203251201.g2PC1XV03088@aztec.santafe.edu> Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:149 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:149 On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Richard Stallman wrote: > Emacs allows a workspace > change and the menu stays posted,other apps appear to detect > that you shouldn't be changing w/s in this context > > I have four questions: > > 1. What is a workspace? > A virtual desktop - a means of having a particular set of applications in one screen whilst keeping others on another without having to iconise > 2. What is the meaning of a workspace change? > Swapping between virtual desktops > 3. What action does the user perform to request a workspace change? > Ctrl-Alt-leftarrow, Ctrl-Alt-rightarrow, Alt-, I think it's also user configurable (I'm not at my m/c running windowMaker). You can also click on the 'clip' - a windowmaker icon to change workspace though I see that the mouse event causes the windowmanager/emacs problem to not happen - the menu disappears when the clip is clicked. I'm not sure which other window managers allow a change of workspace by use of (only) the keyboard - does bbkeys and blackbox allow this, surely enlightenment must offer this? > 4. What do these other apps actually *do* when you take an action > that tries to perform a workspace change and they think "you > shouldn't" do that? Nothing at all! R -- Robert Marshall