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- From: dlj0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (DAVID L. JOHNSON)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Xwindows Virtual Desktop Size
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.201948.31349@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 20:19:48 GMT
- Organization: Lehigh University
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- In article <1993Jan22.023830.21726@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>, sadkins@bigbird.cs.ohiou.edu (Scott W. Adkins) writes:
- >Alternatively, you can get the window manager TvTwm. (The??? Virtual
- >Tabs Window Manager). It allows you to have a huge desktop (you can
- >specify how big) and then provides a panner (which is just like a window
- >in itself) that allows you to essentially move the "screen window" over
- >the large desktop. It isn't quite the same as moving the mouse to the
- >edge of the display, but the effect is kind of the same (in fact, it is
- >more impressive, IMHO). Currently, there are people working on the
- >port for tvtwm, and I hope they will make it available as soon as it
- >is finished.
- >
- Alternately, use olvwm, which is already ported to linux, and resides at
- sunsite. That way, you get better graphics and flexibility than twm, and a
- virtual desktop manager. It's quite nice.
-
- --
- Sincerely,
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- David L. Johnson ID: dlj0@lehigh.edu
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