On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Ian Malone <ibmalone(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 1 June 2011 07:50, Hiisi <hiisi(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On 1 June 2011 07:16, Rahul Sundaram <metherid(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 06/01/2011 01:40 AM, sguazt wrote:
>>> Didn't find a way to set this type of focus under GNOME shell.
>>>
>>> Searching in the Web I've found these 2 hacks:
>>>
>>> gconftool-2 -s /apps/metacity/general/focus_mode -t string sloppy
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> gconftool-2 -s /apps/metacity/general/focus_mode -t string mouse
>>>
>
> I was looking for the same functionality. Just was too lame to google
> for them. Thanks!
>
>>> Are they safe?
>>
>> Safe? idk. works fine
>>
>
>
> Safe? I don't care ;- )
>
My mouse burst into flames after doing this! Don't try it!
(No not really, actually follow focus carried over from F13 without me
having to do anything. So one Gnome3 thing works.)
lol... Obviously I meant "safe" wrt the gnome-shell behavior ;)
For what concerns the workspace-cycle I found these two links:
-
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-637598.html
-
http://www.yet-another-geek.org/archives/14-Cycle-through-your-workspaces...
Which inspired my this shell script:
--- [cycle_workspaces.sh] ---
#!/bin/sh
## Based on:
## -
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-637598.html
## -
http://www.yet-another-geek.org/archives/14-Cycle-through-your-workspaces...
function usage
{
echo "Usage: $0 {--prev|--next}"
exit
}
function notify
{
# to add before "wmctrl -s $newws"
numws=$1
msg=$(($numws+1))
# Use 'notify-send': nice but under Gnome-Shell the notification remains
# in the systray.
#notify-send "Desktop $msg" -i gnome-terminal
# Use 'xosd': faster
font="-adobe-helvetica-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
osd_opt="--delay=1 --outline=4 --outlinecolour=black --color=white
--pos=middle --align=center --lines=1 --font='$font'"
killall -q osd_cat
echo "< $msg >" | osd_cat $osd_opt - &
}
## main ##
if [ -n "$1" ]; then
case $1 in
--prev)
dir=-1
;;
--next)
dir=1
;;
*)
usage
esac
maxws=$(wmctrl -d | wc -l)
cmd='/\*/{ rv=($1+'$dir')%'$maxws'; } END { print (rv < 0) ?
('$maxws'-1) : rv; }'
newws=$(wmctrl -d | awk "$cmd")
#FIXME: 'notify' function still has problems
# notify $newws
wmctrl -s $newws
else
usage
fi
--- [/cycle_workspaces.sh] ---
To make it works you have to run gconf-editor and set the following keys:
- /apps/metacity/global_keybindings/run_command_1 --> <Mod4>Up
- /apps/metacity/global_keybindings/run_command_2 --> <Mod4>Down
- /apps/metacity/keybinding_commands/command_1 -->
/path/to/cycle_workspaces.sh --prev
- /apps/metacity/keybinding_commands/command_2 -->
/path/to/cycle_workspaces.sh --next
Unfortunately I have two issues:
1. I lost the super-eye-candy workspace switcher notifier (I mean the
workspace change notifier that appears when you change the workspace
with <Ctrl>Up or <Ctrl>Down)
2. I am unable to make the function "notify" work. If I use
'notify-send' the notification remains in the systray area and it's so
baaaaad. If I use xosd (osd_cat) I get an error about "unrecognized
fond"; however If I run the same command from CLI it works.
Any idea or improvement?
Cheers,
-- Marco