True multiple desktops possible?

[James Richard Tyrer]

Alexander Steppke wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am looking for a possibility in kde 3.2.1 to setup multiple desktops 
> with different files on each desktop. At the moment I got four virtual 
> desktops with four different background pictures, but I was unable to 
> find a way to use four different folders to put files on the four 
> different desktops.
> 
> After searching through the mailing list archive I found that somebody 
> suggest a similar thing in 2002 but they could not figure out a way to 
> do this easily within kde.
> 
> Basically I am looking for an easy way to do something like this to 
> create four desktops with different links, files and applications on 
> each one.
> 
> switch ( current_desktop )
> {
>     case 1: set_desktop_files("~/Desktop_1"); break;
>     case 2: set_desktop_files("~/Desktop_2"); break;
>     case 3: set_desktop_files("~/Desktop_3"); break;
>     case 4: set_desktop_files("~/Desktop_4"); break;
> }
> 
> It was suggested to create four users and to start four XServers to 
> create a similar thing but this seems like an overkill to me. Different 
> background pictures are already possible, so why not different desktop 
> folders?

Are you trying to actually change the code.  This should be possible.

What you need to set is the: "Desktop path" and then possibly run:
"kbuildsycoca" and/or "xrefresh" to update the screen.  There is also a 
possible slight problem here -- KDE might decide to rearrange the icons on 
the desktop if you do this (you would have to find a solution to this).

--
JRT

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