[dundee] Locking Windows to Virtual Desktops in Gnome

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hi hi my favorite lug mailing list. :D

i was going to post this with it's own title, but upon reading "im a huge
fan of virtual desktops" (which i am also), i thought this deserved to go
here as a reply.

http://lifehacker.com/photogallery/Desktop-Show-and-Tell-for-Linux/2684069?viewSize=thumb1280x1280
!!!!!!!!WHAAAAT!?!!!!!!
can anyone explain how this was achieved???

i'm thinking it might be a remote desktop.

2008/4/30 Rick Moynihan <rick.moynihan at gmail.com>:

> Hi all,
>
> As some of you may know I recently switched from running Gentoo to
> Ubuntu.  During the change I figured I'd also try migrating from
> Fluxbox (which I've used for many, many years) to Gnome.
>
> Overall I have to say I quite like Gnome, but I'm not yet convinced
> it's better for my needs than Fluxbox.
>
> My biggest problem with it is that I'm a *HUGE* fan of virtual
> desktops, and I like to configure my system so each desktop has a
> primary role... With one for each of the following
>
> * Web browsing
> * Comms (Email/IM etc...)
> * xterms
> * Emacs,
> * Development (with Netbeans),
>
> And then a few more for testing, and other miscellaneous things...
>
> My problem when recreating this in Gnome is that applications have a
> tendency to move to the current desktop.  e.g. When I click a URL in
> my email client (Thunderbird, or Prism/Gmail) then my Firefox session
> moves itself from the Web browsing desktop to my Email desktop!
>
> I can see why this behavior is useful for those new to such
> environments, but for me it's just plain annoying.  Does anyone know
> how to get Gnome/metacity to do this?  Or do I need to switch window
> managers to something more functional like Sawfish/Enlightenment?
>
> I'm still keen to stick with the Gnome desktop environment if I can,
> but if I can't resolve this then I think I'm going to have to switch
> back to Fluxbox or maybe wmii.
>
> R.
>
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