[compiz] Sane value for Number of Desktops?

David Reveman davidr at novell.com
Thu Dec 28 19:31:39 PST 2006


On Fri, 2006-12-29 at 02:45 +0000, Ben Reeves wrote:
> Would it be possible that the max restriction for the
> number_of_desktops option could be set to a sane value. 
> 
> At the moment it's set to a maximum of ~32,000. Realistically whose
> going to want 32,000 workspaces! It makes the option really hard to
> set in compiz-settings because slider increments are too big. I think
> it woulb be more sensible to set it to max 100 (probably less). 

yeah, I can imagine.

I've changed the default max number of desktops to 36. This is what
metacity is using. It's possible to build compiz with a higher max
number of desktops by using the --with-max-desktops configure script
option.

-David



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