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Date: | Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:25:29 -0500 |
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Eric Blake wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > According to Luke Vanderfluit on 12/19/2005 10:08 PM: >> Hi. >> >> My next question on cygwin is to do with pagers and virtual desktops. >> On my regular linux boxes, I run virtual desktops using a pager to >> switch between them. Is this possible under cygwin? > > Yes. As has been pointed out on this list, anything in software is > possible with enough time and money. And in the case of this > question, I believe the programs to do so already exist pre-compiled > for cygwin. > > Oh, you wanted more details - well, your question sounds like a > windows manager (hint: X-related) question, so you should ask on the > cygwin-xfree list, not here. Moving OT (sorry) .... You might really want to look at a pure Windows solution. MS provides a "Virtual Desktop Manager" Powertoy, e.g., at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx NoNags lists several: http://www.nonags.com/nonags/deskshell.html Though I don't know if any of them can be controlled with a pager .... - Barry -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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