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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Virtual Desktop system for OS/2?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.225553.16474@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1992Nov10.155715.24001@tamsun.tamu.edu> <1992Nov10.181444.12371@midway.uchicago.edu> <pathak-111192133411@virtual.mitre.org>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 22:55:53 GMT
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- In article <pathak-111192133411@virtual.mitre.org> pathak@mitre.org (Heeren Pathak) writes:
- >The virtual desktop provided by Trident is fairly limiting. I believe the
- >virtual desktop refered to by the original is something quite different.
-
- It has gotten a bit better, actually, with the addition of an
- accessory utility. But, to continue...
-
- >The two virtual desktop packages that I am familiar with are tvtwm for X
- >Windows and Xerox's Rooms for MS Windows. Both systems let you define your
- >desktop as a array of screens. For example, I can define my desktop to be
- >8 screens wide and 3 screens high. Your physical screen is a view into
- >this desktop. There is generally a way to get a meta-view that display a
- >compressed version of the entire virtual desktop on the physical screen so
- >the user can rapidly more windows around and nagivate through the desktop.
- >Virtual desktops are really nice. The allow you to partition your work
- >into different screen areas and jump between them as needed without
- >destroying the position of the windows or even minimizing the windows.
- >I would encourage people to try and checkout Xerox Rooms. It is a rather
- >nice package. I have asked various Xerox sales reps if they are planning
- >on porting Rooms to OS/2 and their statement was that they would if there
- >was a demand for it. If you can't actually see the package, I belive BYTE
- >magazine had an article on Rooms about two years back (when it was still in
- >the research stage). I will try to find a reference for it.
-
- Well, OS/2 2.0 implements something called work areas. Look in your
- Master Help Index for information on work areas. I think you'll find
- them useful.
-
- Work areas combined with something like the Trident virtual desktop
- drivers give you an awful lot to work with.
-
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